hope that dosent bring that siberian heat wave on us, it still is january 40 below is not out of the question

i wont be so nervous if i had my wall finished and the wood stove up and running we have been out here since 05 at that time it was up wards of 50 below without the wind 3year old calves were freezing dead standing up, winter here is such a crapshoot you never know

its even got the right 65 numbers on it, but no  p g ill put the turbo 400 back behind it if i can find were i put the thing

i like winter,not the cold ,but the time off, during the summer i work 14h days so their isnt much time for cars winter is play time and this year so far winter hasnt been to bad yet, once i get the trailer work done i can work on the engine agian, i need to install a woodstove. you are right about wagon i have two and enjoy both when i get time

thanks, but its just a small 340 horse i have the 400 horse out of the wagon just short of money for pistons and rods and its still a standard bore, thats the one im really anxious to do

in stock form yes wink wink

since the weather was so nice and i really didnt feel like doing much of anything

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i never said anything about stock i was trying to put porky on a diet, its stockish, i really didnt want to paint it orange its too nice, and relativally cheap at 250 compared to 800 for a aluminum small port

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Coming along nicely.

Hey, wait a minute! That intake................... Hmmm, that don`t look stock!!!!

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 Looks like he took a page from my 327 build, hey Carl?

Quick story here from a while ago. A friend of mine years ago purchased a 1960 tuxedo black Bel Air 2-door for $350.00 in 1970. It had the standard 348 250HP/ 3speed column shift with overdrive.  He was a broke college kid attending UCLA in Los Angeles who needed cheap transportation he told me and found the '60 behind Felix Chevrolet in cheap transportation.  He took care and had fun with the '60 though used to get beat by his classmates GTO's, Mustangs and Road runners often. The 348 started knocking after a few months and he went to a wrecking yard in Van Nuys CA and found a 348 missing valve covers and air cleaner w/4barrel as a solid runner for $75.00. He installed it with a new clutch and put his valve covers and air cleaner on it from his old 348. Right away he noticed a tremendous power difference. He got on the 101 freeway on ramp and stood on it where the '60 blew the tires off and got sideways.  Later that weekend he started taking out his friends GTO and mustang and a SS 396 chevelle one by one. He sold the bel air in 1975 after graduation to a college freshmen for $300.00 and purchased a year old Pontiac Can Am with 4 speed from Salta Pontiac in Long Beach CA.

 In 1992 he ran into the guy he sold the '60 to at a company convention in Quebec City where the guy lived now. My friend found out in short order the 348 he purchased from the wrecking yard was a 1963 409 340HP engine!  The guy that bought it found out after it was a 409 after he sold the Belair to another owner for a parts car (it rusted out in the tough Quebec winters) when the last owner noticed the oil pan dipstick was on the opposite of a 348.  Long story, though just wanted to share it with you.