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Hi, i just wanted to say hi, im new here and i hope meet some cool people, my name is Joe I live in norfolk va. I have a 71 monte
with a 502 in it and a 6-71 blower, i can post some pics of it if anyone is interested. in what it looks like. i was surfing the net and came across this site so i decided to register. Ihope to hear from some of you. later,Joe

welcome BLOWN 502 MONTE ran a blown 454 a lot of yrs in va., got to the point i couldnt get a insp. sticker. you must know something i didnt. love to see the pic. chick my gallery out.

Welcome Blown 502,

I dont know why Mike couldnt get a sticker, He had a cabnet full of them. We use to argue about State Inspection all the time. I tried to keep the hoods locked and hope he'd get so old that he would mistake a flowmaster for the cat. converter that wasn't there.
Sounds like you have a nice ride there. There are a lot of nice people here that you will enjoy conversing with . I live 2 hours west of you and Mike is another 2 and 1/2 hours further west

Originally posted by lt1s10
welcome BLOWN 502 MONTE ran a blown 454 a lot of yrs in va., got to the point i couldnt get a insp. sticker. you must know something i didnt. love to see the pic. chick my gallery out.

Hi thanks for the welcome!! as far as inspections go, its no big secret really i just registered it as an antique and i dont have to get it inspected. I will post some pics of the engine and other stuff i put in there here soon, i already posted a pic of the motor. talk to you later,Joe

A couple pics of my project.

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Nice motor you have there. Did you buy the crate 502 and build from there or find a block and start from scratch? Also on inspection, my truck is a 66 but I just got regular plates and don't even think I said anything about an antique but I never got it inspected. In NC if you vehicle is 35 years or older then no inspection so I guess it doesn't matter?

Originally posted by FMXhellraiser
Nice motor you have there. Did you buy the crate 502 and build from there or find a block and start from scratch? Also on inspection, my truck is a 66 but I just got regular plates and don't even think I said anything about an antique but I never got it inspected. In NC if you vehicle is 35 years or older then no inspection so I guess it doesn't matter?

Hey, yeah i was thinking about moving to NC. im not too far away from there as it is. as far as the block, no its a 454 block, heres what its got, 454 block .080 over JE SRP 9.0:1 forged blower pistons w/ floating pins, 6.385" 4340 chromoly steel H-Beam rods,
4.250" stroke 4340 chromoly steel crank (eagle crank and rods),
Bullet racing cams solid roller .635 lift int. .700 lift exh 300/320 dur. billet roller cam w/ comp cams roller lifters and roller moroso rockers. ARP main studs, ARP head studs, Pete jackson noisemaker (gear drive) High volume oil pump. Weiand blower intake with pop off valve, BDS custom rebuilt 6-71 supercharger approx. 20% overdriven to reach approx 14 psi max boost. Oh yeah a mallory distributor and two 850 holleys, i think thats about it for the motor, the tranny is a powerglide with everything except a transbrake, i dont think i need a transbrake if i do i will put one in it. The rear is a nine inch ford 3.70:1 gears moser axles the rear was cut and welded by quick performance out in iowa i think it is. I didall this work my self ive been working on this car and motor for about 2 1/2 years now. mainly building the motor for 2 1/2 years that was the really expensive part. later,Joe

thats a lot of motor. you sure that trans will hold it?

i have full faith in that tranny i have a hardened input shaft billet steel clutch hub billet drum raybestos frictions and steels billet servo piston kevlar band full manual valve body, and i will be sporting a denny's driveshaft with 1350 solid u-joints, and you know what, if i pop that tranny it would be the case, the case is the only thing im worried about, if it lets go i wll be getting a JW racing tranny case and build it from there. Im not too worried about it, thats the main reason i didnt do a trans brake. i am running solid mounts all the way around and i will be chaining the left side of the motor to the frame so i dont have too much movement. i dont anticipate a problem but you never know i expect to see over 700 hp at the wheels so who knows.

i used to turn the trans. oil pan up against the floor board with the 350 and 400 trans. it would twist the bellhausen of the case .

Wow thats gotta suck!! thats the only thing im really worried about is the case, you know? i have been contemplating just going ahead and start building a JW case powerglide you know? its just the case alone is a rip off and the bellhousing and then the tailshaft. i have put enough money into this car, shit the motor alone to make a down payment on a nice house you know?

ya i know, i blew my house up a few times youve got more motor than i had maybe youll have enough power to spin the wheels a little.

I had a 71 vega with a jegs chassis ,fiberglass front end,bumpers and rear hatch,with a small block. The car only weighed 2250 lbs. I used a glide with a 5500 converter and it worked real well. I may be wrong,but I thought I had read and heard , forever, that the breakpoint was 3000lbs. If your race car weighed 3000 lbs. or less use a powerglide.If it weighed 3001 lbs. or more------------ Dont Do it !! Right or Wrong, that has stuck with me for a long time. Your Monte must be pushing 1000 lbs. more than that with a whole lot of horsepower.
Do You a rabbits foot?

Hey Joe welcome to CHR always happy to yak... Thats what I call a belt now ! ! That thing looks like its gonna put out some power. Again good to have you aboard DH