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DEJ


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Found our 67 Beaumont in Gibbons Alberta, It now resides in Bathurst New Brunswick

She is a 73617 Beaumont Custom 2Door Sport Coupe with the A51 Sport Package

Manufactured date was March 23rd 1967,  Maroon coloured car in the photo below

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Here she is sitting beside her travelling partner, a one owner 1985 GMC Fleet Side 4x4 that I bought new in November 1984.

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Neither of them are numbers matching, The Beaumont's 396 turned out to be a 402that had been bore .060 over, no metal left to work with , so a 454 crate was put in.

The Sierra's original 305 was taken out and replaced with a 383 crate engine, 340 hp and 435 ft pds of torque, the 305 is stored under the bench 

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Great choice of vehicles Dale! Beautiful!

My other vehicle (truck) is a GMC also.

Just out of curiosity, do people in Bathurst pronouce it Bat-hurst or Bath-urst? An east coast moving company guy said to me over the phone that he was passing through Bat-hurst many years ago. I always thought it was Bath-urst.smile



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They both look good.So hows that 454 working out for ya?

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Looking good!
The 454 crate motor sounds like a nice upgrade.

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Darryl

Thanks for the kind words,

With regards to the correct pronunciation, I guess it depends on your how much slang you have in your vocabulary !@@#$

The word and it's origin along with  howjsay . com web site pronounces it has Bath-urst.  The area has a +/- 40 % Franco phone population, may have something to do with how it is pronounced.



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Thanks Guys

The 454 was purchased as the ZZ 454 short block, typically it would have produced 440 hp with 500 ft pds " if " I would have purchased the whole rotating assembly . However, I did not , rather I  installed a cam, lifters, rods, 2.19 / 1.88 valve and rockers all from Comp Cams and some real good flowing 781  Iron Oval ported heads.

The engine dynode at 500 hp @ 5100 and produced 550 ft pds @ 2950 rpm a real nice flat torque curve  , it has already destroyed one 10 bolt with 3.08 gears.  Since that happened last summer I rebuilt a 1966 12 bolt locking Differential with 3.73's, needed new sides and spiders ,  and the 10 bolt has been rebuit with 2.73's.   In short I have one diff for the highway and one to play with. 3.24.JPG

Thanks for the comments



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Nice numbers,

What cam are you running?



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Hey nice rides, curious was the SD trim missing from your car when you picked it up ?

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Hey Mark

When I built my engine, I had my 781 Oval Ports heads which were planned for the reworked 396, however, I already commented on that story.

So , that is why I bought the short block. The ZZ454 crate comes from GM with a hydraulic roller cam with a duration @ 0.50 of 211 intake and 230 exhaust with a lift of 510 intake and 540 exhaust.

The cam I bought through Comp Cam is a XR276HR specs are duration @ .050 of 224 Intake and 230,  gross lift was 510 on both intake and exhaust.

Works well for me

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Thanks Dale.

I'm researching a Hyd roller for my 496 project.

What rockers do you have under those Gen 6 covers?



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DEJ


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You should research the Comp Cam Web site, I don't have a 496.

 I used  Comp Cams High Energy Brand Die Cast Aluminum with a 1.7 ratio  

  


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DEJ wrote:

You should research the Comp Cam Web site, I don't have a 496.

 I used  Comp Cams High Energy Brand Die Cast Aluminum with a 1.7 ratio  

  

 Good to know, I'd like to maybe use the die cast covers as well, thanks.



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Car looks great. Nice restoration. Enjoyed our phone conversation, always like talking beaumonts.

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