"....That should be a cool build and I'm assuming it will become Cade's......"

Maybe someday. I'm planning on driving for quite a while (but quite possibly it will be what Cade learns to drive a stick with). My daughter (Cade's mom) is actually my step-daughter, she inherited the truck from her real dad. One of the reasons I think I kept it around all this time is because of her history with it. When I'm ready to let it go it will go back to her. She is probably the one most excited to see it back on the road. I'm giving her a lot of input on the changes I'm making on this build.....personally I think I would have gone with the TH200 R4, but she really wanted it to remain a 5 speed. I suspect Cade might eventually end up with it but I think he's in for a long wait.

The generator will be replaced with an alternator.....I just haven't gotten around to that yet. The re-pop Corvette manifolds look like they’ll clear with no problems.



You might notice there are bosses on both sides which will actually work out pretty nice it think. The D50s alternator was on the right side and AC compressor on the left. I’ll move the alternator to the right and use the left side as the mounting point to the compressor which will save having to reroute the alternator wiring and AC plumbing.

I’m curious about the intake too. On the stand I can already tell that it has cleaned up the idle quite a bit over the single plane Tri Power setup.


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