That engine dyno session was over a year ago.
Meanwhile, the Blue Flame had just had a major rebuild, so now the question was what to do with this unicorn of an engine. We decided the engine stand was not the answer. So we packed it all up and took it with the '96 up to Rodeheaver's Hot Rod Shop and dropped it off.
Out with the old...
and in with the new...
That was the easy part.
The basic supporting mods were already in place. Stall converter, driveshaft, gears and trac-lok. The fuel pump needed upgraded and a set of Kooks headers went in with the installation of the new engine. But the real work was the necessary changes required to convert the quasi-OBD2 '96-only computer, harness and tune to the true OBD2 '98 BTC0 powertrain control module.
But it proved to be worth the effort...
[video]https://photos.imageevent.com/driller/cdchanger/IMG_3469.mov[/video]
[video]https://photos.imageevent.com/driller/cdchanger/IMG_3517.mov[/video]
The next few weeks/months should be exciting. I have some tidying up to do under the hood along with some much needed cleaning/detailing. There's a few other details I need to address. I also plan to install a Terminator bumper from Temple Performance and shop for some new wheels.
I'll update the progress on "Opal's Revenge" as we move forward. :wink2-green