Not a lot of progress. Been very busy lately. And been working on the Bahner since the season is here and it need some work to get ready... (drive is off as we speak)

But i did win an oil pan on eBay it should be here today             



So that means i can start making mounts again......       Hopefully i dont screw up this aluminum too... Thinking about making templates first this time

Last night, i figured i would finish making my MSD mount. I had the great idea to mount it to the head. Easy to get to, out of way of water, etc. But im just not sold on it.







I think it makes the damn MSD look bigger than the engine. Im 99% sure im shit canning the mount and going with the transom like this


And finally, i dropped my Impeller off with Chris at B1 a while back. Its done. After talking to him and talking about where this thing will make power, we decided to try a B- cut and go from there. He also detailed it for me

Yeah, the MSD will go on the transom along with a fuel water seperator, and the fuel pump.

Made some what i consider to be major progress this weekend. The Rail kit is in, and the mounts are made!           



I learned that i need to try and heat and bend the headers up a little more. As it  is right now they clear the transom but are a little close for my comfort


Front plates, i had purchased some bitchin billet motor plates online hoping they would work. Unfortunately they were about 1.5" to short in the front so i had to make these. Not CNC'd or Plasma cut but i think i did well


This rear plate works, and i'm just being picky. But im going to re-make it to give me just a tad more clearance under the oil pan.


Its so small...

Thanks Dennis. I'm gonna start on the bilge again. I am not happy with how it came out.

Any ideas for mounting the tanks? I'd like to paint or polish them, and don't want to necessarily glass them in how they were.

The Bahner has mounts front and rear. But none in these tanks

Clean up the tanks and fiberglass them in like this..

you just did a straight line of glass along the bottom?

you just did a straight line of glass along the bottom?

Yes. This pic shows the pocket that a tab off the gas tank slides into. It's amazing what a difference it made cleaning all that old carpet glue and fiberglass off.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. The tank has a piece of angle iron welded to it that slides into a fiberglass pocket. Here's a zoomed in pic.

well like i said before, i started on the Bilge again. This time i am much happier with how it came out.





I also spent some time with the buffer and polished most of the rail kit. I did the two angle sections that the engine will sit on.

And one of the two motor mounts. Going to finish this up shortly

Rough sanded with the DA and 120 grit to get all the scratches/ cutting marks off, What I dont have pictures of is the sanding after this, the 220, 320,  400, 600 wet, 800 wet, 1000 wet stages. I cheated and used a palm 1/4 sheet sander. Even for the Wet stages


Hard to see in this pic, but they came out pretty damn close to mirror finish


And one of the two motor plates

Lookin good Steve!!🍻


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You still have those old plates?

Went and took a ride out to B1 and grabbed my impeller, and some of the seals to throw the pump back together

Pics do not do this thing justice, Chris @B1Racing did a PHENOMENAL job detailing and machining this impeller down, right now its cut to a BC




I also took some time, and cleaned up the transom adapter. Im not 100% sure im going to run this or make some transom plates. But figured i would throw some paint on it anyway

Speaking of the gas tanks, i went ahead and cleaned all of the old fiberglass/glue off of them. and prepped them to be glassed in again. Im going to glass them in across the bottom, then paint over the glass.

Cleaned all the Glass/Adhesive off with 80 grit on the DA, then moved to 120, 200, 300, 400 and shot them with primer



Then shot the top half with Black





These could have come out much better, but i was not to worried about them and chose not to wetsand or prep them for the paint

But while i had black paint and clear mixed up, i went ahead and finished up the bowl. it came out much better

Yea, the original LS front plate...

Yes i do

What oil pan did you end up running? Front sump LS3? Are you going to run your coils under the headers or on the valve covers?

I'm running the normal ls3 pan, it's not a front sump, it's a flat sump if that makes sense. It's the ls3 camaro pan

The coils I'm not sure yet..... The coil set I bought are early truck coils. And they were for perimeter bolt valve covers. I found a guy on Facebook that has a set from a 99 Silverado the only year that has my coils but center bolt valve covers.

If we make a deal and I get them from him, then I'll mount them on the valve covers like oem, otherwise probably where the engine mounts would go until I can save up and buy a new set of coils. (36 dollars each)