Please welcome the latest addition to the SolidWorks family. After a somewhat lengthy and laborious labor, the fuel, water, and oil began to flow thru her veins and she took her first breath, er, in this case, more like a belch. A belch of flame right out the carburetor!! Not to worry, this is common for newborns. With a slight turn of her distributor, all was well and she sprang to life!! After a short run in period where we checked her pulse, pressure, and checked for any "leaks", we brought her back to an idle. When Tony (from Crane Cams) told me he made this cam with a nice "Saturday Night" idle, he wasn't fooling. WOW!!! When this girl idles, it'll make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end!! A hot cam at idle is the second coolest sounding thing on the planet, the first being a top fuel motor. There was a couple of technical difficulties that prevented us from doing the dyno pull. Luke (from Powerbuilt Performance Engines where the engine is sitting at this moment) is going to try and resolve that today and hopefully be able to dyno it on Monday. I'd like to thank Alan, Luke, and the rest of the guys at Powerbuilt Perormance Engines for their continued support thru out this engine build. They were always willing and eager to jump in and do whatever needed done to help out on this engine. Many thanks to Tony from Crane Cams for fielding our many questions when we were deciding on what cam and valve train to use in this engine and any question we had during the build. Thanks to Dave, Kevin, Charles, and Tom for helping out with the engine build in my garage. Thanks to Brian for letting me use his P-Card. It's been fun, makes me want to build another one. Stay tuned for the sound bites.
Steve McGilvrey
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