Re: Muroc

[V4GR@aol.com]

John- The 455 was pretty strong. It was actually 468 had a John DeLong roller 
cam Bill Miller rods and pistons Kinsler Injection big dollar #16 casting 
heads. The guy who owned it spent a lot. I put it together and we tried it in 
my Vega. He has run 186mph I think with the motor in his stock 68 GTO.        
                                                If one turns .100 off the 
locating dia. on the front bearing retainer and I think .040 off the collar 
the throwout bearing slides on the top loader will fit a Chevy blow shield.     
If you layout the bellhousing bolt circle for a MoPar on the Chevy flange you 
will find you can drill 3 bolts thru to the block use flat head bolts on 
others. 2 trans bolts also need redrilling and nuts welded into the 
bellhousing. It turned out the Webber flywheel was to large in dia. to fit in 
the blowshield so I turned the flywheel to fit the ring gear off the Pontiac 
flywheel leftover and used a Pontiac starter. This is also how I bolted 
toploader to Pontiac.                                                         
                                The Vega is #1104 no pictures anywhere. I did 
send in a jpg of my roadster to this BB but have not seen it posted.   Rich 
Fox