my Dad stopped by to see the progress (still waiting in the crank to be turned they are taking their time as they had it for 3 weeks now and just looked at it yesterday) and he said going back to old school. It does look like an old 4 barrel intake

 

Yes sir, you can call me Austin as that's my name

 

Mainly because it started out life is a four barrel manifold.

 

This is true in getting so close I can taste it

 

Austin, is that a Hughes intake? Nice looking intake. I wonder if EV6 injectors (LS 9 injector 600-700HP) would fit? Probably need different rails.

I run EV6 49lbs injectors in my vette (62 psi vs. 45psi), and wow do they work decent (price is cheap). You probably need to buy an injector wiring connector adapter

 

Yes it is Mike! I agree it does look nice. They do make a billet fuel rail (looks really good) but I didn't feel like dropping another $300 on a fuel rail. As long as those injectors are Bosch (I can't remember who makes the factory injectors at the moment) they will fit the fuel rail. The stock injectors are good up to around 400ish HP. I plan on getting Hughes fuel rail and "Big Gulp" throttle body but they both had a lead time of 2 months and I couldn't wait that long and I'm already into a hefty price. Now when I do buy them I also plan on the RPM Heads. I did do a Dyno before all this (about 1: year ago) and I want to compare the two when I get this done.


​​​​​​Now the only thing holding me up is my crank and the tune Hughes is making, which I'll probably go with HemiFever or Flying Ryan, as my gut says their tune leaves more room for HP gains.

 

I got a new toy and decided to chrome plate the fuel rails. What do you think?

 

New toy?? Whatd'ya get?

 

​​​​​​A chrome paint (plater?) by Specter. I chrome plated the fuel rail and thermostat housing

 

Neat! What do ya think of it? Does it do a good job? (pic is a bit small, and my eyes are terrible. )