That head is not ported at all, at least on the exhaust side. Wonder what they charged you.

 

Ah man, do not say that. I have never seen a side-by-side comparison so I did not know enough to question. I simply trusted in what I was told by the seller. Oh well, at least it was ported on the intake side, right?

 

I bought a little something to go with my blue and polished scheme for the engine bay - the Amsoil air filter model EaAU4560.

 

this is absolutely the right way to do it! i love it...thoughtful, well planned, and way more sick than me!

 

Thank you, my friend. My mantra all throughout is "do things right the first time" and it is continuing to pay off. I am about to make another phase purchase of parts within the next 24-48 hours. I believe at this current rate, Megatron will be on the road and tuned by the end of next week. Stay tuned.

 

Great progress made today. I purchased another round of parts. Ordered was:

1. Grim Speed manual boost controller (blue)
2. Kiggly HLA
3. Zaklee cam gear cover
4. Mishimoto thermostat
5. Torque Solution short shifter
6. Techna Fit brake lines
7. DEI 32-ounce radiator relief
8. K&N oil filter

I need to update my parts slide.

 

That's a solid order, my friend.

The bolded items are the things I had originally planned on getting, but couldn't afford .

 

My wife always shakes her head when I make, as you put it, solid orders. The only thing she says is, "At it again, huh?". I just smile. She knows that I have not cut any corners with this particular build and my last deployment to Afghanistan helped out a great deal.

As for those things you highlighted, I have seen nearly all of them on sale used here. I will say that without question Adam has saved me a ton and at this particular point in time, I do not feel comfortable buying anything used as I need to hit a home run on the first swing. I bought the Grim Speed in preparation for the hybrid boost set up. The Kiggly HLA is a winner out of the box for any build regardless of the use of any EVO. I have always wanted to test out brake lines and the summer is approaching here in Arizona and it can get brutal.

 

Post a picture up of the intake side and I'll tell ya.

 

This will be highly difficult as the head and everything else is installed on Megatron. I pick him up either Tuesday or Wednesday. I am very excited.

 

very sick build! im excited to see the outcome, gl with it.

 

very nice! im usally not one for coated mani's but that thing looks beast! how was the turn around time for them? im probley going to have them powder coat my valve cover and cam gears. and the rest of the build is top shelf!

 

I am very excited for him to be finished as well. He should be on the road no later than Wednesday. The intent for tuning is to get a baseline 91-octane tune to about 24 PSI and then drain it out and put E85 in for direct comparison purposes. In about a month, I will get the hybrid boost taken care of, add a few things to my fuel set up, and see if I can get the 600whp and 450wtq that I am after.

 

My friend, you have no idea how it makes me feel that thus far my build has been welcomed by the community.

As for the manifold, I had it made at Evil Engineering in Phoenix. From there, it was shipped to Carlos. I was not in a rush and I would estimate that it was a one month turn around.

 

im thinking just bowl work was done by the pics.