We have fire !!!!!

......... after being dormant for over four years and having gone through a rebuild by yours truely .......... the little 327 growled to life this morning under the watchful eye of Josh Richardson .......... and I can't begin to tell you how great it sounded !!!!!!! With the 270H cam from Comp Cams, it has a sweet lope at idle but it barks loudly at the slightest touch of the throttle ............. and the little beast can put out a lot sweet noise (cam, timing gear drive, and mufflers) under power ............. it will definitely draw some serious attention at the touch of the pedal

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The greatest thing was no problems or issues .......... no leaks, no rattles, no nothing .......... after a full prep to get oil back into the system and make sure the lifters were pumped up, it came to life very easily .......... a little adjusting of the carb and twisting of the distributor and it was beautifully alive

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The firing setup was all jerry-rigged ............ all wiring is not in place yet .......... we had the coil sitting on the right frame rail along with the temperature gauge ........ he ran at 3000 rpm for 30 minutes to seat the cam (per Comp's break-in instructions and the temp never rose above 180 degrees ............ had to trigger the fan manually and it immediately brought the temp down to 170 degrees

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There's a little bit of finish work to be done to the chassis, but for the most part it's complete ......... the body was moved into the primary position for final welding and cleanup ............ door panels (rear & side) .... curved inner roof panel, window surrounds, final dashboard work, etc, etc, ............ Josh expects to have his Aqua Blue paint on in a couple of weeks .............. really getting excited now !!!

How are you venting the crank case?

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Originally Posted by Bruce lee

How are you venting the crank case?

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This '66 327 has a crankcase vent behind the intake manifold ...... could hold either a road draft tube or the early PCV ........... right now it has the PCV installed .......... no pressure/oil blowby issues at all during the cam break-in run :)

That's one fine looking chassis and drivetrain! Love the big meats out back.

Only one words comes to my mind when I look at your ride.. BITCHIN!!!!

Awesome Coyote,that little 327 rumbling into life must of been exciting. Does those little hot dog mufflers take the bark out of the exhaust enough or are you going for the full roar of a wild dog??? ;)

Looks like some nice work.
Kurt

Yippppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

very sweet and clean looking. good job

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Awesome Coyote,that little 327 rumbling into life must of been exciting. Does those little hot dog mufflers take the bark out of the exhaust enough or are you going for the full roar of a wild dog??? ;)

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Surprisingly, the sound out of those little "hot dogs" is really quite mellow until you hit the throttle ........ I think it will really be quite nice for normal street driving ......... but pop the throttle and the "wild dogs" will howl :LOL::LOL:

Awesome, car porn at its finest, you almost just hate covering it up....:CRY:

After all the frustrations of the past few years this has got to feel REEEEEALLY good!

Beautiful setup all the way around. Gonna make you a great driving car. 327's are just cool motors anyway, the way they rev and sound.

Time to put a milk crate on there and go for a spin. :LOL: (Come on, I KNOW you already considered that.:D)

Don

There is something about a rolling chassis shot, Sweet as :cool:

Looks fantastic, try and load a video!:D

Thanks all .......... I appreciate your comments :cool::cool: