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Location: bishop, ca | The alternative PNT coding , between L.A. & Detroit, may just be that: coding difference, for maybe a different paint formulation, but to produce the same paint color.
Brent, if you look at Danny's paint chip selector's sheet-color, it looks like the actual chip-colors' representations are a tad
'off'--like, in/for that shade of Sand Dune White .
I also agree upon the modification of the OEM engine; if I read your posts correctly, you still have
the OEM engine block, plus a spare engine?
Either engine will need a rebuild, so, after a boring out of the OEM engine block, you can investigate getting a slightly
taller piston (it can still be flat-topped) to increase the compression ratio.
A Poly head is a very economical design; get them ported & polished, with a nice bottom-end cut
camshaft, and balance the crankshaft, and install a rebuilt WCFB carb, or even 3 dueces, and
a set of glass-packs, with 2 1/4" aluminized pipes, and you'll be good to GO.
BTW, probably very few of us, having an OEM engine in our cars, realize that the thermostat
housings are probably very badly corroded, beneath the area where the upper radiator hose
connects to it.
Your spare engine looks like its T-stat housing is still in decent condition.
Edited by d500neil 2009-10-13 2:22 PM
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