1967 Resto-mod progress by Tweeder

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Ok, been 4 months, time for an update. Electrics are done, interior is done (other than rear seat area). Decided NOT to re-use my 289, I found a guy here in town looking for a period correct 289 for his Comet, and decided to sell him mine. We made a deal. I would transfer the cam like I had planned, transfer the heads and intake and we had a deal. Couple weeks, and 30 hrs total work and he gave me $3800 for the long block. Since, he has installed it in his Comet and says he's getting 348 hp at the flywheel. Pretty decent..  

Now I need an engine. Since the 5.0 is blown and most of the parts are now on the 289, what do I do?? Looked at the finances, promised the wife a great vacation and landscaping next summer, and broke down and had my buddy order up my Dart sportsman, 4.000 Eagle crank, 6.200 eagle I beam rods, 4.125 Ross dished Pistons. Have ARP hardware, and clevite bearings. The machine work is done, and I will be swinging over to his shop tomorrow to pick those pieces up. I will paint the block on Monday, and assembly starts Tuesday. 

After going shooting this afternoon and popping off nearly 1000 rounds, I come home to an early Christmas..

Dart Pro 1 heads, 2.025 intake 1.600 exhaust. 225cc intake runners and 75cc exhaust.
Comp Camps custom grind 260/266 @50 619/619 lift with 114 lobe separation.
Comp Cams lifters, springs, guides, seats, studs, timing chain, etc. 
Weiand Stealth intake, MSD Pro Billet distributor, and Heddman Mid-length 2-inch primary headers. Spending the rest of my vacation for the year next week, and plan on having an engine/Trans (sorry, didn't use that other short word for a reason) in the car by next Friday..

3-18-2015

Thank you both. Been a year and half build so far. Engine is not in the car yet, got the engine, crank, etc back from the machine shop a month ago. Assembled it 3 Saturday's ago. Took it and had it bench dyno'd last weekend. Made 580HP at flex plate with a 950 Holley XP and MSD Digital 6AL. After break In of course, they put her through 4 passes, first pass was 572hp and 518torque, three more passes and got 583.4HP and 522.6 torque. I'm going to put a 1050 AED blow through with MSD digital boost box on it. Then the Novi 2500 blower, so should make real close to the 1100 hp I want at 14 psi.. Should be getting the transmission in this Saturday hopefully? Lentech Automatics AOD Strip Terminator, and 3800 stall. Have to run a fuel line and install my A/F ratio gauges, then the motor goes in the car. Won't happen this weekend, have a funeral to attend, but hopefully next Saturday engine and Trans will go in.. Be a few more months before I get my carburetor and ignition box..