All I can do is drool!, nice job to the both of you![sm=smiley10.gif]

 

Thank you very much. I need to get off my butt and build my very own 440, I have one setting collecting dust and I need to try my hand at building my own motor. If and when I get around to it, I will be shooting for high horses and even higher torque. Ideally I would love around 650 horse and 800 torque.

 

Only 650hp and 800tq eh?

That should be easily achievabl with some nice aluminum heads and roller cam.

 

Nice pics and one bad azz motor there RR!...glad to see im not the only one who uses autozone duralast batteries on everything i own(except the srt-4...prima)....how often do you drive it? Looks way clean to be driven more than once a month..lol..

 

I don't like older cars that much, but that looks pretty nice Mitch! [sm=smiley1.gif]







-Matt-

 

Thanks, I think it's lookin' pretty good after 33+ years. I need to start saving $$$ so that I can finally go through it and fully restify it from the ground up. I use to want to restore it to 100% original, but then I realized that I will NEVER part with it so originality is pointless. I want to enjoy it as much as I can and to do that would mean building it up and keeping it looking mostly stock on the outside.

 

Any idea what your engine is putting out power wise?

 

Guesstimated I would say 450-500 max. I really want to get the Edlebrock aluminum heads for it, I've heard nothing but great things about them. I also have another 440 that I would love to build as my first engine build, but if I do it I want it done right, in the 650-750 horsepower range and 800-1,000 torque range. However I don't have the money for such an animal.[:@][&o]

 

Nice car. Brings back memories of my '71 GTX. Another one that I never should have let get away..........

 

No doubt about that. A friend of mines dad use to have a '71 GTX, he sold it after they had him. He has only two or three pictures of his dad's GTX, it was orange and had the hood pins and I think it had the air grabber hood as well.