Engine: 454 .030 over (11:1) TRW forged closed chambered pistons Stock iron open chambered heads Steel Crank Engine is balanced (but not blueprinted)

Cam: At 0.050 Intake: .542 / 236 Exhaust: .547 / 240

Intake: Edelbrock Torker II

Carb: Holley (List#:0-9022)

Trans: M20 Muncie

Rear: 3.42 posi 10.5 bolt w/multi-leafs

Exhaust: 1 5/8 inch primaries up to 2 1/2 inch w/crossover and out to a pair of turbo mufflers

Cooling: BeCool Aluminum Radiator

Here's a few useless facts:

As you can probably can tell from the pictures it's not an orignal SS. I had a stock L6, powerglide, highway gears and benchseat when I first got it.

Some of the after pictures were taken a few days after it was painted while the others were taken over a year later. The trim is the dead give away.

This car is also my daily driver, at least five days a week, 70 miles a day as you might tell from some of the grease here and there. This was also the reason for going to a 3:42 vs a 3:73 or 4:11.

In the works are a new set of heads (Edelbrock RPM Aluminum or GMPP), intake manifold and roller rockers (provided I can get ahold of a smaller vacuum booster). I've also got a tilt column and factory console w/gauges to go in if I ever get around to them.

11/20/01 I added a set of Cal-Trans bars. I highly recommend a set. Even with a set of off-the-shelf rubber on the rear (compound is a bit hard) she launches MUCH better than before.

1/5/02 Ive been thinking hard about this one. I plan on changing cam along with heads and intake. Engine was orignally put together for a jet boat.Current combination doesn't really start to produce power until 3500+ rpms. Seeing as this daily spends most of its time below 3000, a new cam with shorter durations seems in order. Should also help with vacuum assisted power brakes.

1/15/02 Update: Edelbrock RPM heads, RPM Air-Gap, and ARP bolt kit just arrived today. New cam XE274H, comp cam lifters and pushrods are on the way. The heads match up nicely with comp cam roller rockers I got for x-mas (thx pop).Next on the list is the booster...

1/21/02 Block has been hot tanked, heads and manifold have been port matched and crank polished. Took headers down to get ceramic coated. Rods, pistons and everything else has been cleaned up. Next week it all goes back together.

1/26/02 Cylinders honed and short block assembled along w/heads. Finsih the rest tommorrow.