Under the valve covers are Crane rockers. This was before the stud girdle was added.


Bolting on the Corvette covers afeter a valve adjustment. Check out the yellow painted distributor cap.


Overall view of what the engine bay used to look like. I think the new look is much racier. I like it much better with the braided line and air pan and also the serpentine belt drive. Compare it yourself by going to this picture.


Here's a shot of the old radiator, overflow tank, and battery hold down. By the way, this passed tech at the drag strip. The Coke bottle is legal!


These are a couple of pictures of a piece of metal I hit in the middle of the road while cruising. It was night time; I'm not blind! The piece first caught the header and dragged it for a few feet. It then released from the header and proceded to hit the exhaust system all the way to the back. It turned a muffler into an accordian! Finally, it left out the back but not before hitting the gas tank and making a hole in it.


This picture shows the new headers, which were the same Hedman pieces, in place. You might notice that the master cylinder has been changed to a big brake unit. At this time i also relocated the oil filter. The distributor cap has also been changed to a wide cap from MSD.


The engine stripped of its heads in anticipation for new ones. Also visible are the roller lifters and cheap chrome timing cover that always leaked. Remember, chrome won't get you home!


A comparison of the old and new heads. The advantages were several and I would say they were worth about 100 HP over the old 461 castings.


The ports were a bit bigger but mostly taller on the new heads so I tried some home grinding to mate the manifold to the heads.


Just about everyone wants to run an aftermarket fuel cell but I couldn't stand to take up all my trunk space and lose fuel capacity when this system works so well. The fuel pump works best with a sump but again I didn't want to mess with mounting the components so low in the car and modifying the tank. The Holley Blue seems to work just fine where it's mounted. These pumps prime easy. This one has been modified with a return line and the internals have been ported for true flow.


Pump and filter on top of tank. The pump has the return mod showing. It's the brass fitting on the back side of the pump. The tank just barely shows the mod done to the sending unit. That's the blue fitting hidind behind the filter. The system has -8 running all the way to the regulator and two -6 lines going to the carb.


At the front I attached the regulator to the valve covers. I think this looks real cool and offers solid mounting. The regulator has been changed to a BG full flow unit as the Holley unit that was on there was actually gutted out because the internal restriction is so great. The fuel system was done before the heads were changed to avoid any potential feed problems. I feel confident that I have plenty of gas now but my wife already knew that!