Hi Everyone,
After a solid couple of years of working on a barn find 1970 Cadillac Deville convertible, I've finally found time to sit down and document the journey. It also seemed appropriate to post a write-up as it's now at a point where I'm happy to stop making improvements and just enjoy driving the car!
Thanks to all forum members who have patiently replied with their expertise, advice and recommendations to my posts over the past couple of years.
The car was a Craigslist find near Columbus, OH and the gentleman I purchased it from was the second owner of more than 30 years. It was in quite nice original condition interior and exterior-wise but everything mechanical needed attention. It also needed a new roof, which I still have not done and is not a priority - I'd never drive it with the top up anyway.
OK - it seems i have failed at the first post - can anyone help me understand what i need to do to include images hosted on Google Photos in my post? I tried using the "Insert Image" button and then posting the URL in between the image tags but nothing is displayed. I have marked the Google Photos album as public. Anyone linked to photos in Google Photos before that could shed some light? Thank you!
The following five photos were included in the original Craigslist ad, this is what the car looked like when I purchased it:
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Congratulations on almost completing your project.
As for posting pictures, I think the majority of Members would like to see pictures that are of a "normal" size, and not those that we sometimes see that require constant scrolling from side to side, to see the full picture.
Using the Insert Image option, and simply inserting pictures from your own computer is the best way to go, and you can post up to 10 pictures at a time.
Bruce. >:D
I could never get the image tag to work on this site either. When Photobucket used to be free, I used to copy the link from Photobucket and paste it in the body of my message and it would display fine.
Thanks for the input Bruce and Dan!
So it seems I've got the image tag working now, just posted the "pre" pics of the car from the original Craigslist ad. My error it seems was not using the correct image link from Google Photos - I needed to use the links from the shared Google Photos folder (which I thought I was doing, but apparently was trying to use links from the private folder).
So now I can start uploading some photos of the work that's been done over the past couple of years.
Thanks for the tip. It works for me now too. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
One of the first projects was to replace the rusted old gas tank. I was quite surprised I could even buy a new gas tank for a '70 Caddy but sure enough there's a place in MN that sells them and the sender unit. Unfortunately they don't sell gas tank straps for '69 and '70 model years, so I ordered straps for a '68 in the hope that they'd be similar enough to work. And they did, with only very slight modification.
We had to cut the old tank straps out with a cut-off wheel the old bolts were so rusted. Incidentally, all the work I describe going forward is not a sole effort on my part; I am very fortunately to have the help and expertise of my good friend Dewayne, who knows and loves old cars like I do. More importantly he knows how to work on them. Without his help I simply wouldn't have been able to get the car to where it is today.
Once the old tank was out I prepped the floor pan above it and coated it with POR-15. One thing I wish I had have done while the tank was out was replace the rear shocks. They were completely rusted out, no damping effect whatsoever. When I came to replace the shocks the bolts top and bottom were completely rusted. The local exhaust shop refused to get a torch so close to the gas tank, so I had to cut them out with a Dremel tool. It was quite nerve-wracking seeing the sparks fly so close to the (full to minimize vapor) gas tank, even though I wrapped it as well as I could in a moving blanket.
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Next up was the floor pan. For an Ohio car I expected the floor pan to have at least a few holes in it, but amazingly it didn't. My wife was complaining about the smell of the 50 year old carpet, so I wanted to replace that and at the same time paint the floor pan with POR-15 and lay new insulation. After stripping out the interior and removing or moving as much wiring as possible I wire brushed the entire floor pan then POR-15'd it. After watching me suffering with the fumes while I brushed the POR-15 on, Dewayne went back to his house and got me a roller and tray. Much easier and quicker, lesson learned. POR-15 fumes are very noxious, even working outside, and with a full face 3M paint mask I felt nauseous the whole next day.
A layer of noise and heat insulation went on top of that, then the new carpet on top of that.
Incidentally, the thick black cable you see sitting on top of the new carpet is for the marine head unit remote control that I use to control the stereo. The head unit and a 1,000 watt amp are trunk mounted. More on that later.
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Next it was on to sounds. After getting a quote for $3,000 to put some decent tunes in to the car, another good friend Mike, who is a whiz at audio installs (car and marine) said he'd give me a hand and we'd do the whole job for under a grand. The setup is as follows:
Kick panels: Infinity Kappa 62.11I 150W 6.5-Inch 2-Way Kappa Series Coaxial Speakers
Grille between rear seats: Custom Autosound 3006 DVC 2 Way 6x9 Dual Voice Coil 150w (sorry, no photo)
Trunk: JL Audio bass bin 2*10 inch subs @ 600w
Amp: Kenwood XR900-5 eXcelon Reference Fit Five-Channel Digital Power Amplifier
Head unit: Kenwood KMRD765 Marine CD Receiver w/ Bluetooth
Remote: Kenwood New KCA-RC55MR Wired Marine Boat Remote
Mike wired all the main components while I strung 4 gauge positive and negative cable direct from the batter (with both a fuse and a circuit breaker for protection) through the frame rails. It took most of the day for me to coerce the big cables through the frame - a lot harder job than i expected.
After considering custom made speaker boxes, which cost a fortune, for the kickpanels, I decided to make some up myself. I got a used set of kick panels from USA Parts Supply so i could save the originals, then got a pair of generic speaker enclosures off Ebay and some cheap covering. I think the end results look OK.
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Then, in preparation for the anticipated new engine build, with slightly more horsepower than stock, we did the following:
Timken front wheel bearings (Rock Auto)
Front calipers, rotors and pads (all from O'Reilly)
Front and rear Monroe shocks (Rock Auto)
Rebuilt drive shaft from USA Parts Supply
Champion four row aluminum radiator
On to the engine. Dewayne persuaded me that it would be fun and a great experience for me to build it with his help. He's done many engines of all different types before but not a Caddy so it was a learning experience for us both. I'd done plenty of auto repair work before but never a full engine rebuild so I was a bit apprehensive, but really wanted to give it a go and in hindsight i have to say it was the right decision. There's nothing like being able to answer the inevitable car show question of "Who built your engine" by saying "Me".
Initial machine work on the block was done by Clegg Engine in Highland, UT who had a 500 block advertised on Ebay. They also sourced a set of small chamber heads and machined and fitted them with BB Chev 2.19 and 1.88 valves. Additional head work included a Level 3 port job, bronze valve guides, performance valve springs, chrome retainers and hardened valve locks. Guides were machined for the big cam I specced.
Clegg didn't have any 500 cranks available, but I was able to purchase one from a guy in Houston who had it listed on Craigslist.
They bored the block 0.030 and honed it, installed new freeze and oil line plugs, surfaced the block, and fitted the CadCo grooved camshaft bearings. They also sourced me main and big end Clevite bearings and a full FelPro gasket set.
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After having the fresh block, crank and heads shipped to TX we set to work deburring and painting the block.
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My initial spec called for I-beam forged PEP rods, KB Hypereutectic pistons and moly rings. On the advice of Greg Surfas I changed my mind and went with Venolia forged pistons and moly rings - cost about $1,000 versus $550 or so for the KB's but I plan to lean on the engine pretty hard at times and the Venolia forged is a considerably stouter piston - see comparison photo.
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A word of warning to those buying engine parts off Ebay - the PEP rods I purchased had the wrong big end cross section size - 1 inch instead of 15/16 - see photo. I contacted the seller, they simply said "send them back for refund" and would not help out by measuring another set to see if they had the correct ones. In the end I spoke with Courtney at CadCo who stocked the rods i needed and was more than happy to measure a set - I can't speak highly enough of Courtney and his team, this build wouldn't have happened without them. All I can say is beware of parts you get from non-specialists; if you do purchase from Ebay etc, make sure you check all specs!
Wrong:
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Right:
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The short block was completed with a Cloyes timing chain set and Howards Cams cam (520071-12) and lifters. ARP cam bolts secure the timing gear to the cam. Also, ARP main studs to hold the main caps in. All bearing clearances were checked with plastigauge, ring gaps verified, bore sizes confirmed with a dial bore indicator. Cam was degree'd using a Comp Cams kit.
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On to the long block. Piston to valve clearances were checked, then ARP head studs fitted to secure the heads. Harland Sharp roller rockers transfer the lift to Howards Cams lifters. An Edelbrock 2115 intake sits on top.
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Finishing off the build, we added:
Stock mechanical fuel pump
Flowkooler high flow water pump
Billet aluminum water neck and distributor hold down clamp
CHP chrome valve covers
CHP stainless bolt set
Hays SFI flexplate
CadCo "Gold"-series high volume, blueprinted oil pump and shaft
CadCo new stainless steel timing cover
CadCo heavy duty crank hub bolt and washer
For the startup and cam break in we wanted to test run the new engine outside of the car. We build the engine on a Harbor Freight two ton engine stand and I figured we could use that to run the engine on if it was stabilized. So i had a mobile welder come out to my place and fabricate stands that would bolt to the factory block engine mountings and rest on the engine stand legs, to be fastened in place by large G clamps. Worked like a charm.
The initial engine tuning was done with a stock, rebuilt Q-Jet. I had heard it was best not to try to run a new HEI setup for the first firing, so we used a rebuilt stock points distributor and stock new coil and wires. In hindsight in was a mistake to run the stock 472 Q-Jet, which obviously was not jetted rich enough for the warm 500 cube build. I had fitted a brand new set of Sanderson CAD700 ceramic coated headers, and the engine ran so hot that the ceramic coating bubbled and peeled off. Lesson learned, for subsequent runs I got a set of cheap shortie headers from EBay for $90 and with mufflers fitted they served the purpose perfectly.
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Please don't make the same mistake i did and ruin the coating on a set of new headers. Fortunately Enigma Coatings in Liberty Hill near me were able to blast and re-coat my headers and we re-fitted them when the engine went in to the car.
Following is a link to a video clip of the engine running on the test stand - I've not yet figured out how to render this as an image. For this run the engine is wearing a new Holley 870 Street Avenger carb and Davis Unified Ignition HEI and wires.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-08lmyrB4j-tlPE8kan0J6fiT4VK9un4oRHSUuL_Ttw3SVjvyNKV5UQSph_WXZa_6zZeZjzAK7_E06CKVAhy8AkfJDQuPhRWwmqGrrdBvEC9F2UXoU7tjixlz-_ZagHuVCcrjY5oE4XgyjiQUaIQIt2vNBXxT98bjLIdciIIS2VZgkjr3p03fd3Bk4KbU_EB8IOWg4CHp6-FvxqRPdD6HmqRZJCRVQ0zUIW9Q8D0INvaMsgA_8nubWjMHXhHWHFBySCGAnUEXfPON1tyvobtP7Bf6w_PUuBJQuM_o9L8XMPSGHIUyQb9if0A2Eoml1F5hnDpf3M_QGsv6oh6ORToFzMcxAGu7G6XUDQPu_4OMv-ad3ZX17sj-IHXNZ2FcAi9g5h7VpKebZVoc0LIQNfFtIqNuq2demoHsXckC7JGQPb-0JzaFx6RZYaP2cjn6EHejx3U3HPFtlCQevWW6VpIjqkdSoAWXhQShRoTqfbon9eOCnZoKlxhLlVtk3bkMPE5c0n09R6qndKwQ7uD6JoHe7yK3iQtmcwCIqF8Bwu8jej9d-XZ6IRtTQJ4LCWORuRKk9YrTjKLCkwf6MtP476wq2wSkUVM4NNCK6rmzZiP_JNQRuuF_5JEpVTdQA7qdySDZzf5m1h3z3scQQJ6QPXfjmNpujAtPA_19kHI19ZUOWUGz-mPv-h1GfFmcYOwCalcKI5kHWW5rS3d4-HOiM3y9eFSxwU6qfye5N2lP7Bo5A4InYLi=m18?cpn=M1Ruy0HvnFJtF7j9&c=WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER&cver=20191003 (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-08lmyrB4j-tlPE8kan0J6fiT4VK9un4oRHSUuL_Ttw3SVjvyNKV5UQSph_WXZa_6zZeZjzAK7_E06CKVAhy8AkfJDQuPhRWwmqGrrdBvEC9F2UXoU7tjixlz-_ZagHuVCcrjY5oE4XgyjiQUaIQIt2vNBXxT98bjLIdciIIS2VZgkjr3p03fd3Bk4KbU_EB8IOWg4CHp6-FvxqRPdD6HmqRZJCRVQ0zUIW9Q8D0INvaMsgA_8nubWjMHXhHWHFBySCGAnUEXfPON1tyvobtP7Bf6w_PUuBJQuM_o9L8XMPSGHIUyQb9if0A2Eoml1F5hnDpf3M_QGsv6oh6ORToFzMcxAGu7G6XUDQPu_4OMv-ad3ZX17sj-IHXNZ2FcAi9g5h7VpKebZVoc0LIQNfFtIqNuq2demoHsXckC7JGQPb-0JzaFx6RZYaP2cjn6EHejx3U3HPFtlCQevWW6VpIjqkdSoAWXhQShRoTqfbon9eOCnZoKlxhLlVtk3bkMPE5c0n09R6qndKwQ7uD6JoHe7yK3iQtmcwCIqF8Bwu8jej9d-XZ6IRtTQJ4LCWORuRKk9YrTjKLCkwf6MtP476wq2wSkUVM4NNCK6rmzZiP_JNQRuuF_5JEpVTdQA7qdySDZzf5m1h3z3scQQJ6QPXfjmNpujAtPA_19kHI19ZUOWUGz-mPv-h1GfFmcYOwCalcKI5kHWW5rS3d4-HOiM3y9eFSxwU6qfye5N2lP7Bo5A4InYLi=m18?cpn=M1Ruy0HvnFJtF7j9&c=WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER&cver=20191003)
Very nice write up. Would be great to see that over at the CLC Modified Chapter too.
https://www.modifiedcadillac.org/forum/
That sounds sweet and crisp.
Quote from: 35-709 on October 05, 2019, 01:32:56 PM
Very nice write up. Would be great to see that over at the CLC Modified Chapter too.
https://www.modifiedcadillac.org/forum/
Thanks very much! I didn't know about that board, will check it out!
To handle all the extra power i wanted a fresh transmission. A local auto shop had a complete 500 cube engine and long shaft TH400 transmission for sale at a decent price, so Dewayne and I went over in his truck to pick it up. The 500 was complete but in pieces, and it donated a few ancillary parts to the project. The TH400 went off for a full rebuilt, including shift kit, and a new converter with 1800 stall. We gave it a fresh coat of Bill Hirsch Cadillac Blue to match the engine.
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Engine swap time! I'd been planning to do the swap over the coldest part of winter (and it was pretty cold last winter here in Austin!) so the car wouldn't be off the road when i wanted to use it - I'd been driving it to work at least a day or two a week, plus most weekends. All up the swap took about six weeks, doing the various bits and pieces over the weekends. By far the hardest (and messiest!) job was getting rid of fifty years of accumulated gunk, grease and dirt from the engine bay.
After we'd pulled the original 472, I removed everything I possibly could from the engine bay, plus most of the front of the car beyond the fenders. We pushed the car in to the driveway, put pig mats under the engine and I sprayed everything with Simple Green then pressure washed for hours. It was 32 degrees outside, i got covered in grease and soaked in cold water. After blowing everything off with air, I repeated the above process. Lastly I hit the remaining, most stubborn grease with BrakeKleen and pressure washed again.
i then got to work with the wire wheel on a grinder, and for the difficult to reach stuff, manual wire brushes. I blew everything off with air again, then prepped with acetone. After masking everything that wasn't going to be painted, we hit the engine bay with two coats of Eastwood Extreme Chassis black paint.
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Old vs New!!
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Home Depot 10 by 10 tent as a spray booth:
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One coat of paint:
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Second coat:
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Painting the hood:
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Reinstalling ancillaries:
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Another good friend, Mike, is an electrical wizard and renewed some of the tired old wiring to the starter:
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zU3BGckzqqdqoDDdij1fKiapyOsK6xfDPN1maLBQ2CL2pY69PaTNVao9dypz8jdP2E5qOpMwwoq7vGc-l57SWMHYuxMiJXxyvZosh_z6V2B_0_ZEdGGtmcUUdkvbaRMS3O8MZYJezqqsLDibosI_g3gy78Ryk_QEOFeyN7S63ssmp07DL3BkCltx_yMVR0Uii2yX8RdiXTUA3HiNbhOxQfa_VFlcKmvr3hdjxIuHfMbNQN5ppvbrPteFYAtmK-0aOKVR-tVSE2TTkPzvLlvfM5_Az6S1xsTCICEGPaqf4BcIoh8QGSc3DQY1mBOiddSrxK7UihchnTk6xiSFJtmXDIFUe603rAjjdLaeAYgEbGoBYc5ya166NhZV-3nZy9GkhZSw3j-GOYDGLcXKWPQ-MUJTMtHEETP5Xnov55v8CPK1dqolVZHYVjyubUnRUN-XuY3BkeFDflNiaWJm_-7wiF4AKYPEUWW8Hnot7_Z4ecLMmjrS5jUM8VvZrTUec2EN_PWb9SKUUdBafs97-eSVc3IIJeLe_YCAZr7gcF4nJmo0P7NwkW9ldbf4hkKG84usvE7OPw83zKqHnfyZCTvYmF-GYkzNrdBwaIuTr3_d1d99X53pvG5YBOVF0D8OEsyv-rEBQwCzt8zbQTpW6I_0hO4qyzCFZh0eQ289JAcYnA1w_rVNa82_j6BePAJclFaBiodEiNPas0_zyJY1qKmkXFCKvBuoJD1uiqCh74G6K5pHRGen=w876-h657-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RHXclE9FiKGmYIK0iO5cDl1MGN8A2rvDf0O1KKmjUZx_Aawf_aYH16k9XhRGD25IfAFhabZjBbEbC8bvrawiiu5GlahxClh4qk5s632iAoHFEeqht8T1cixYUUlCTJ8fyDoWNNu3XG6QdMKx1qwwrrfKZxgKj9XyXPIDbVXq1H-2Z2IbjkybRw09MAxr7UVdrGPwR-LTtapQTCsnesShplGZZDRLjOJdM-6GeSyHva0M6GXm9khUn00pxkCSyshJPYfqtjQdsCunkk3QH0QPPQ8ZO3gPCtnQ7B8jIhXbI51fCQbx_r5hx9Fieb69GAgFeXDqso6i3aoUNw_wjX9_0YZcEmbfvoVSONmggQsV0iZ2P5L2sJOnk3gO-JVaCb0TTkn2LAm37ca--HhawyQ3C3RT94bn05czwYBDGjsmiD0Cn9kDir6lmY6dS4u8IMa9rHgrVDd6ERFSzEkCKGMV1rvs292MlDPwwgzXnpsgIoM5C1iNVRTQR-cg7u3vgctt_uSaWozshSEsMBhm5Hw7RFFqLoj2leNWaDdIO2uclw9d5SiNdKZyVG7CWNAtqU8_647Sem_z1LeNhZd0DbzItlyzR5ZdQBnM_CWlUF1lq9_ClKoTxJ5ueSYxq4Fwdmp1yGfyA7zS9Fhf0BrD3nk78VQ-gr-GPZ-W2G03-_wUtwHD_DR6mZe7XwElJdyMWv6Cjg2jI50RRkgx5udhTWNvs32L1bqTd-G2uXXfIKUd9KLcXeL3=w876-h657-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nh0QJ9noRsXYn1lYdh0Fgi2u2rQPBAogV97tSOZNE5-vvOLlA-FiEDstxT5tzC1SROpn2pOoCphbJua6Vkq4-T77Ovb0_emf-pKHCSvGxx2LyrADMpHzVuRIVdWAs7vdY1FyFrVXq1R8OliHWFM_SCVxpXJknUUjbXJ9yx0MYxe_6rQ5VqPiQzyNvkruYbsIXKOEXZAKOiLVArR1oWrSxI21N85cJMnfatEIBdV4I7xcPmBdJ6MGno84o9IUHKOFuLxYBQ5MtBT-rrKosvLTYYnacd395yky4W1mS-IxMHAzqHZCp7Z8QIDqglBuB0t92u42k4KVQt2zKrbQOOqC5YPydkd6UpS0S5YpoLW2hd1o4pKCgg-R3NFMwxj9LXfagpGDbz1N3Llb1Q_qN3NAoYMOePTzK80SsY8mWahr9C6WGM8ypMYLHK6aH_gj-_m5vaS1M0bKX2UnIWihqAS8a5gC7PcGCTjQS6lNUnaTA0qjK9mYAVB2qEnVNG0FhZsVJ1NbjVnUv6ypvIfJMS8zHHinCrOo42Bvk9NQFY1uEUUhxMeljuTgaHCLY2x894ZVEr3plcusSp96-PaEjRjpt4vYITVDWyvlR4ZjS_QMTKho05G2IyEYfv5AjmqsBbcEBnpTiUUnP4S--V42fC8PCZskPIydrKD14LSkrON3xnxjPh-SLCDGrqegym-WMARC3O-ShfeAwXrpA4yBETx86CcYPxzfDbkGtnnf_QrVuhGSORcU=w876-h657-no)
New engine in!
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A couple of final jobs. From the get-go, the engine simply would not spin over when hot using the stock GM starter motor. I tried everything, including rigging an extra battery in the driver's side of the engine compartment running in parallel with the existing battery. Two gauge wire all the way to the engine block as a ground and same for the live wire to the starter, nothing worked. Even tried rigging a Ford solenoid, as so many say this cures the solenoid heat issue with GM starters. Still had starting issues. In the end I purchased a Powermaster mini torque starter, which I should have done from the beginning. Half the size, half the weight, and spins the 507 10.5:1 engine over like it's a 4 cylinder. Oh, and it's a trick looking unit compared to stock. Never had a starting issue since! My advice - if you're hot rodding a big Caddy, don't waste your time with any other starter, just get the mini torque!
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And finally, at least for now, i'd always wanted to dress the engine with a nice set of valve covers - the PML cast aluminum covers (sold to me by OPGI) were my Christmas present to myself. Dewayne suggested not cutting holes in the covers to preserve the look, and I thought that was a great idea. That meant we needed to figure out a PCV solution. In the end I contacted Dan Medice of Medice Manufacturing in PA, who kindly worked with me to fabricate a custom build of his excellent billet valve cover spacers. He made me a one inch spacer set and machined 8-AN bosses in to both sides. Dan does excellent work and I highly recommend him if you want to run the same type of setup. I was then able to plumb both the breather and PCV valve sides using 8-AN fittings. With the added height of the valve covers I had to use ARP Hemi valve cover studs to fasten them. The PML covers really make the engine "pop" and get positive comments from everyone that looks under the hood.
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So that's about it for now. Next up is fuel injection - I have a used Holley Sniper setup I bought off Craigslist and plan to install it over the winter. I've really not been happy with the Holley 870 Street Avenger and from what I've read I'm not the only one. I've toyed with the idea of going with a double pumper but I think FI is the way to go for tunability. I'll do another post once we get the FI done.