Any way from the front of the water pump pulley flange to the stock radiator is 2", I am going to put a different radiator in and electric fans plus will probably modify the core support, so I think I will be ok here, and you can see the hood to carb mount distance did not change, right around 7"
Here are some non-measured shots of the firewall clearance, certainly it gave me a little more room between the head/valve cover and there is plenty of room around the bell housing.
I know the pictures are a little dark but it fit before, now it has more space back there.
Hopefully I can get back into the swing of things now, the weather is warming up so it will be tolerable in the open front shed, the rain we had this week was blowing in all the way up to the cowl.
I need to go ahead and get the oil pan cut to fit, I saw that someone is re-popping 250 oil pans now (can't imagine there is a demand) but they are pricey like $180 for a stock steel pan, however it does give me a safety net if I screw up, just an expensive one
I have been knocking around the thought of getting the aluminum head for this, but they are a bit over $2k so not a budget item so I would have to figure out what to sell for the cash
the aluminum head comes with big valves, springs, hardened seats (naturally) and a removable intake manifold, I think you can choose a 2 or 4 barrel intake or it comes with an adapter plate, I can't remember off the top of my head, I really want a multi carb set-up but could do that later if I really wanted too because I would have the option of building a custom intake, lastly of course it is aluminum so it would weigh a lot less, just don't think it will happen unless I can figure out a way to swing some cash.I think for now I will just not put any money in my current head and save that for the last and not make that decision until I have too.
See Ya,
Mike
