It has been an expensive few weeks. I ordered and paid for the 87cc Edelbrock aluminium D-port cylinder heads (#61579) and P-65 dual-quad Edelbrock intake manifold through OPGI as they were by far the cheapest place I could find online - I'll pick them up when I'm in LA in October and bring them back in my checked-in luggage to save the freight cost (quoted over $600!).
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/...r-d-port.shtml
I'm going to rob the Yella Terra 1.65-ratio rockers off my current engine, then will likely sell the #92 heads, near-new Edelbrock Performer intake, rebuilt Carter AFB 4BBL carb and HEI as a package unit. Unfortunately Pontiac parts like this are not in demand Down Under so I think it is going to take me ages to move them on, and they will sell for a song. Oh well, that's the issue having a rare car 10,000 miles away from its homeland!
As it turns out I've found out the Joe Hunt magneto-look HEIs are cheaply made junk and prone to complete failure. I'm now looking at a few different HEI options to fit behind the new intake manifold - I'm just 100% what is going to fit behind the P-65 intake manifold out of the FAST or Edelbrock:
Eddy -
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...3681/overview/
FAST -
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...5016/overview/
I've got my Haltech stand-alone ECU. While it may be tempting to go with a "bolt-on" kit they just don't have the functions I'm looking for and (once you ship them to Australia) they are no cheaper than buying a proper ECU set-up and getting someone to tune it. Plus, this Elite 750 will allow me to run flex-fuel (E85, E100, and regular premium unleaded) without retuning my car. Down the track if I want to adapt a 6-speed auto or the like to my car I can expand the Haltech with local support to include all these functions.
I'm also looking at custom fuel rails in a round style, similar to the stock LSX/LS1 format but will look into that more once I've got the intake manifold and injectors (40mm-tall Deatschwerks 50lb/hr units) in my hands.
