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Alrighty then ... what are the specs on that engine?
 
Forged internals, 9:1 comp, 142 supercharger, boost carb, 355 cubes, AFR Heads, mild cam... it came out of my 69 Camaro. More than enough power for the little car, still got a 200-4r behind it, fully built. The car should be close to the same weight it was before we started the swap, which was 1456 lbs.
 
Seriously? 1456? did you mean 1654?
 
What all is made of fiberglass? And what else has been deleted?
 
a whole lot of aluminum in the car. a lot of stuff deleted, it was basically a stripper with an engine and fiberglass seats when I got it. It's super light. I'll toss it on the scales when it's all done... actually no fiberglass in it right now but I don't really see the issue, it's probably around 450 rwhp right now with a pulley and originally came with a 56 hp engine right?
 
I guess I'm surprised by the weight because in stock trim I think the cars are close to 1600 lbs.
 
Got the console and tank back from upholstery and I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. At the very least It's better than looking at a nasty gas tank or a bland looking console. I put the matching emblem on the back of the tank as the front, just forgot to snap a pic. Started making panels to put the interior back together, that's what the black board in the back is., still have to make holes in it for the fuel lines and the roll bar but it's close. I also still need to make the holes for the speakers, they will go under the dash in the close out wings by the driver passenger knee area. Just 4 inch speakers, nothing crazy, and only using 2. I'll make the finishing piece that will make the dash blend better into the console, just haven't had time. Also need to fill in the square hole and make 4 holes for the new gauges. It's getting there. On a side note my transmission cooler got here from ebay today and was literally falling apart out of the box with 2 broken fan mounts on it. We'll see how the seller wants to handle it, it's just frustrating.
Oh yeah, don't worry, floors and wheel well area will be getting carpet, just haven't gotten it down yet.




 
Got the dash for the little car all finished up... rest of the gauges will be here on Wednesday, I went ahead and drilled the holes for them though and filled in the square hole left over by the FAST touch screen. Its not 100%perfect but good enough for right now. Also pulled out the vette to toss the ls6 in it. Might as well since it's not going into the Austin Healey now.




 
Don't beat me up too bad for my switch panel... still wiring and the pics are just with stuff test fit, should be finished with wiring by the end of today or early tomorrow... Still cutting on the hood setup, the snow kind of killed my progress that I had going on, working out of a car port doesn't help. More to follow

 
If this doesn't give you blood flow in your man parts, I got nothing for you... video btw in case it doesn't give the option to click on it.
 
Video doesn't do it justice, its loud and mean as **** sounding... should be on the road tomorrow hopefully as long as it doesn't rain. Still waiting on my upgraded brakes to get here so I won't be getting too crazy just shaking out the loose parts and fixing the little stuff. Still got front end work to finish to get it on.
 

BTW you might have already said but, what are you using for a rear axle?
 
It's a narrowed gm rear from a 63 bel air. Still has the big drums in the rear which are good enough for me, considering the rear drums used to stop a 4000 lb car.
 
Fantastic -- that is going to be exciting to drive for sure!
 
Wow.

I would imagine that the car will have pretty good pickup.
 
It was super fast before, I may have to toss sticky tires on it this time around to keep from spinning the wheels.
 
To say that this car is a handful to drive would be a gross understatement. I need sticky tires and my front brakes that I ordered awhile back to get here before I really see what the car can do. Saying all that though, it's soo much fun to drive. Basically idles at speed and obviously plenty of power. I just need to finish the front end and toss it back on but I may just put cheap turn signals and headlights on the front end and drive it as is for a little while... kinda fun that way. Forgive the videos, the first was after I buttoned up the majority of the electrical late at night and I was pretty tired. The second was the first test drive, rowing through the lenko style shifter... It achieves exactly what I wanted and makes driving the car alot more fun. The third was basically me zip tying the camera to a spot in the back of the car so you could see how the shifting works... forgive the wind noise and I still need to adjust the shifts on the TV cable a little bit but you get the idea.





 
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