Manifold Completed

Oooo oooo! She's looking good, I can't wait to fire her up!!!



I had the missus crank the engine for her first breath of life, she fired and idled pretty rough, but she ran!
A quick tweak of the idle mixture didn't help smoothness, but a crack down of the base plate with an Allen wrench revealled an air leak. All of a sudden she was idling like I have never seen a V8 idle! Smooooooth!



Time for a test run, I took it easy initially not knowing what air/fuel distribution would be like at high revs. After 10 minutes of gentle driving it was time to give her shit! Out to around 5000rpm in first and hit 2nd "chirp" go the back wheels and I'm pulled back in my seat! Oh My God! Out to 5000rpm in 2nd, select 3rd and "Chirp" go the back tyres again! OMG, this is a 4000lb Stato! Alright!


After a few days of fiddling with ignition timming and cruize/power mixtures, she is running just sweet! Would you beleive a 50c peice balanced on the manifold does not fall over, from idle to 5000rpm and back again?