AUS injection...Be warned they get $$$ but its the only true smog legal way.

Luckily I only have a year of smog left in theory. When that happens its getting the marine intake again. I have it...

Here*is what it sounds like. Did not bother dialing in the carb or distributor. It will run even smoother with the heavy 4L80E torque converter and all the accessories on it with a full exhaust and...

Little 218/228 @ 0.50, 110 LSA, 106 ICL cam that has .578 lift with 1.7 narrow body rockers, 3/8" studs and short poly locks this time around to fit under the stock valve covers. With the Rhoads...

Buttoned up the engine last night after swapping the cam, the reluctor ring, the rocker studs, and rocker arms. Fired it up this morning with an edelbrock carb on the dual plane marine intake and a...

Mine came unlaminated in a few years and started leaking. Rubber separated from the steel.

The one in the picture is a Mahle although i would not recomeend it. The Mahle gasket does not line up in one of the bolt holes of the intake. The head and intake are perfectly aligned, but the...

My guess is it allows any liquid accumulation of oil from the PCV, rain water that might get sucked in or condesation that may form or fuel from a leaking spider to slowy drain into the intake port...

Manifold is ready to go. Still waiting on some other finishing pieces.

Stock intake gasket vs Lloyd Elliots head work vs my intake port work with a couple of pictures showing the stock port...

Radiator and trans cooler as well as fan shroud have arrived. I have red silicone hoses ordered with matching silicone clamps for every inch of coolant hose on this thing.

I pulled the engine...

I definately will.

Talked with Meziere yesterday and it is getting a custom built electric water pump. Its an older model they made for the TPI and TBI engines that has an idler for the serpentine...

Time for a science experiment....Putting a heavily ported L31 base and a 48 lb/hr spider on my L31 based 11:1 aluminum head 383. Goal is 500 hp while staying truly emissions legal with functioning...