Kit arrives

My original delivery date was July 17th. However, due to a cancellation I was able to get an earlier delivery date of June 13th.
I opted for AK to deliver the kit. I worked out that by the time I'd hired a van/truck, paid for diesel, plus took a day to drive down and back it was just easier to get it delivery.

Noel who delivers the kits for AK was fantastic. He stayed and helped lift the body and chassis to where I wanted them to be - chassis in the garage and body in the back garden.
Getting the body into the back garen proved to be a challenge. We had 3 options - Over an 8 foot wall, through a side gate or through the house. We opted for the most direct route which was through the house. This involved tipping the body onto its side which I was a bit worried about but it all worked out in the end.

 I also decided to paint the exposed metal just to stop it rusting. Just used hammerite for this.

Engine arrives

I picked up the engine from AmericanV8engines towards the end of May. I have to say, Adrian has done a fantastic job on it.

As well as a full rebuild with new components, I've also had the bellhousing and gearbox attached, engine run up to temp, cam broken in and engine dated with certificate. The engine is now ready to drop into the car.

Engine Details

2 bolt main Chevy 350 - originally from a 210HP TBI Truck

Built August 29th 1989 in McKinnon Factory in Ontario Canada

Machine Work:

Rebore block and hone to +60

Decked block surfaces

Engine balanced

Engine Parts:

Crank - Eagle one piece replacement 350 chevy crank

Pistons - Sealed power flat top hypertechtic floating pin pistons (+60)

Rods - Eagle bushed I beams with cap screws 5.7inch

Cam - Comp cams flat tappet 270 degree cam shaft

Rocker arms - Scorpion 1:5 ratio roller rockers

Rings - Marhle Moly rings (+60)

Oil Pump - Melling high pressure standard volume

Manifold - Edelbrock torquer

Pulleys - March 6050

Tremec TKO 600 0.82 gearbox

Lakewood scattershield bellhousing

Carter 5psi fuel pump

The engine was run up to temp and the cam broken in. It looks like I'll get 350HP and 400 ft/lbs torque:

Gearbox:

For the gearbox I went for a Tremec TKO600 0.82 ratio.

This was recommended to me by my engine builder as the .82 ratio would give a quicker acceleration. Tremec ratio calculator below shows the difference between the .82 and .64