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Thats cool lots of saving

my friends buildin a 468 and he out of 10,000 now

Originally Posted by DennyW

Yeah, that worked for awhile here. They scape check them now also. Intakes were being blasted, and camouflaged that way also, but, they caught that to.

We were doing it when a lot of people didn't even know there was such a thing as aluminum heads!!!!! But did ya know you can pressurize part of your roll cage and turn it into a nitrous tank???? Or that a fuel tank inside your fuel tank can be used to hold nitro methane? Or that a full hood and a carefully designed air filter protruding through the top of it can make a set of short stack Hilborn Injectors look like 2-2 barrels? (Just finish second, put the car on the trailer and leave quickly, leave one crewman to pick up the pay check)

Originally Posted by demetrice askew

Thats cool lots of saving

lots of saving, and lots of extra work, but to me it's all worth it.... Just depends on your priorities.

Originally Posted by DennyW

Pretty good. Did you know about the 8 legged spider ? Run the hose to the intake, like a normal hose, but inside, it routes up from the bottom, so there is a leg on each runner, out of site if you pull the carb.

yup, been there, done that. Don't forget to run the splash shield over the lifter valley, keep all that oil from boogering up the solenoids should you choose to hide them in the lifter valley too..... but again, it wasn't cheating............

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Aluminum block, billett crank and rods, small base circle roller cam and lifters...... doesn't take long.

a HC 700 donovan block is 5500+ new with no machine work 10.000 is not much i have about 8000 in my 632 with no cam just rods crank pistons block and it has just has ohio rods in it

u all are good could u all tell me more tricks with the nos i get tired of people tellin me to pop my hood and unhook my nos

i have the plat system

Originally Posted by demetrice askew

u all are good could u all tell me more tricks with the nos i get tired of people tellin me to pop my hood and unhook my nos

i do not use it and the guys i work with on there engines are dumping 500hp so they do not care if any one detects its

Originally Posted by demetrice askew

u all are good could u all tell me more tricks with the nos i get tired of people tellin me to pop my hood and unhook my nos

Make a bracket and hide the bottle up under your dash or build a fake console that the bottle will fit in the area under the dash and in the front of the console. Install the nox and fuel nozzles in the bottom of the intake runners with a splash shield over the top of the lifters to keep the oil off of everything.... run the tubes out the back of the block in the lifter valley, above the bellhousing through the firewall and connect them to the solenoids. Disguise the tubes coming out the back of the lifter valley with a black wire loom cover so that they look like electrical wiring to the casual observer. Probably won't pass a diligent tech inspector at the track, but on grudge night at the track or on the street, nobody will see it.... Easiest to do on a single plane intake, but can be done on a dual plane too......


PS----Things like this are what happens when I get left alone in the shop with no adult supervision!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

a HC 700 donovan block is 5500+ new with no machine work 10.000 is not much i have about 8000 in my 632 with no cam just rods crank pistons block and it has just has ohio rods in it

With a bit of a price break, think I'll have the short block together for just a shade under 10.....

Hey, somebody has to build something to keep up with Pat and Erik's chebbie monster motors!!!!!

drill and tap the heater hose out of the intake run the nos line thru the rubber heater hose and run thru to the bottle in the heater box

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

With a bit of a price break, think I'll have the short block together for just a shade under 10.....

Hey, somebody has to build something to keep up with Pat and Erik's chebbie monster motors!!!!!

well that news to me.... eriks building some thing bigger them me ? will i have to bore it till 4.5/8 or what?

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

well that news to me.... eriks building some thing bigger them me ? will i have to bore it till 4.5/8 or what?

Naw, his is just a 540... But nevertheless bigger then my 514, so I gotta start with one of the good blocks just to keep up!!!! What can I say? It's a tough neigborhood!!!!!!!!

Retail is $6500.00 for the 12" deck height block..... Not sure what my discount will be, still negotiating.....