Welcome aboard Paul. Nice Beaumont!

very nice car paul, sounds really nice. the exaust has that nice crackeling sound.

so its not just me? i kinda thought he was stretching the truth just a little, sounds like 499hp to me too! lol

Thanks guys... The color is Twilight Amethist Pearl. I got it from a Lexus(toyota). They only used it on the sc430 for 2 years so it was a rare colour. It's got a lot of purple and red pearl in it and looks great in bright sun light but black the rest of the time. I love it.
Acording to Comps Cam quest software my motor should be 525hp. But when I dyno it im sure it will end up closer to 450-500. 500 just sounds better.
The tailpipes were an after though. Used to have it end right before the rear end but now I have a 1 year old son in the back I wanted it to go further back. Not much room back there for the 3 inch exaust though and im not much of an exaust guy. So that was a do it yourselfer job that turned out kinda "original" looking I guess.

Big blocks are almost as cheep as doing a small block these days. But way more torque...easier to find the hp.  I built this motor for about $4000. minus the shiny things. Could have done it for a lot less then that to If iI didnt put in forged pistons to bump up the compression and get porting and so much work on the heads.

I really love Your '66 ! My very favourite year, & in My favourite colour, as well ! Cheers !