Building a 500/400 F.F.E. with Mega-Squirt

[airfueleddie]

Milodon Truck pan

[airfueleddie]

Victor intake. You can also see I need to drive that transmission input shaft bushing in a little further.

[ShelbyDogg]

Wow, That oil pan is not Power Tour friendly. You should have gone with a drag race dragster type pan with the internal baffles. That thing is going to be an inch off of the ground.

[Jacksboys]

Wow, That oil pan is not Power Tour friendly. You should have gone with a drag race dragster type pan with the internal baffles. That thing is going to be an inch off of the ground.

   Why such a large pan?

[ntstlgl1970]

  with what everyone else said, so this is going in a truck?

[airfueleddie]

 Standard oil pan wont fit a truck chassis. Wish I had another E-Body. It's going into a 1988 Dodge Truck for tuning on the chassis dyno, then sold after it's tuned and tested. More pics of the bottom end. I had to use a carbide cutter on the girdle for clearance to the pickup tube.

[airfueleddie]

Here is the cut I had to make. I radiused the cut after to prevent gouging the tube. I also will have to 'window' the windage tray in order to attach the front tube support to the #2 main cap fastener. I feel this fastener necessary to give support to the long tube and prevent cracking from harmonics and vibration. I really dont want to braze the threads as suggested so I used ARP thread sealant on the pickup tube threads,(Sparingly).

[airfueleddie]

another

[airfueleddie]

I also had to bend the pickup tube carefully to gain the necessary clearance for the girdle&Windage tray.

[airfueleddie]

As of now, I'm completely out of Money,(much like our banks&govt.)lol, so it will be the 1st of the year before anymore parts are purchased. Just wanted you dudes to know, thanks for the feedback, keep it coming. I will purchase next, 50 lb./hr/ Delphi Injectors, 4hole T.B., Walbro/Bosch fuel pump, Scott Brown sourced Hydraulic roller, I decided to use a no maintenance fast rate of lift Hyd. roller around .550 lift and 290 duration.(Maybe a Cam Motion or Crane), Mild yes, but I'm not building a drag engine either. Street Hi-Po. It will be much easier to establish a baseline with a mild cam. And of course 440 source heads. Thanks again for advice Chryco!

[airfueleddie]

Dipstick assembly. Bottom end complete

[airfueleddie]

I ordered 440 source heads today.

[airfueleddie]

Recieved the heads

[airfueleddie]

I hope I have better luck than this Sprint car head!

[airfueleddie]

I noticed that the valve tip on this one particular valve was chamfered or radiused a bit more than the rest. It doesnt matter, because I am only using the castings, guides. The valvetrain will ALL be speced by  Scott Brown. Scott is gonna supply me with a whole hydraulic roller valvetrain, with Manley valves, Hyd. roller springs, Cam ground to his specs, Smith Bros. pushrods, stainless bushed rockers, ect.. But the heads look great! A great buy for the money!