[xlrate]

Proud to say my Stockish looking 535 "421 63 SD Lemans" tribute is coming along.

Checkout the progress on Rodney Butler's facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/rodney.butl...94858367219214


Hope to marry the new powerplant into the LeMans in the next couple weeks!

Big Thanks to:

Rodney Butler for the great work and Patience with the old induction stuff
Tom Schlauch - Bath Tub Intake/Carbs
John Reeder - Carb Tuning Support
rskram (Hagen) - Great short block Assembly deal
Mark (Mad Dog Headers) for taking a 63 Dport Header Design and making a much improved drop in Round Port Header for a 63 Tempest
Gary Tallent (Blue Ghoast) - For the Inspiration & the great body work to the 63

See Pics Below & (early Dyno pull) .. hope there is some more left in it! ;-)

Todd

[smokey 1978]

very nice congrats!

[T Syron]

Very nice!

[John62]

Is this a race or street car, or both. I always though duel carbs and/or a tunnel ram type intake raised the HP/TQ numbers but here it is nothing but power down low. May I ask the compression and cam you used to make this happen. Going to be fun, that's for sure. Very nice.

[xlrate]

The car is setup for street duty... not really capable of handling the full torque.. yet!

Figured I would start with a stout long block to start upon for the street .. once my kids are out of the house ... more track duty.

The current drive line setup is: a TCI stage II 700R4 with 3500 stall, 8.5" 3.42 ratio rear with upgraded internals and coil over Ladder bar setup. Hope that my 275 Drag radials will be my "Fuse" .. till I can acquire serious track worthy driveline components.

Till then it is a cruiser / Weekend street stalker. (no cage)

Hope to get the hyd roller cam details from Butler (if it is not guarded info) when I recieve the engine.

For converter selection ... Butler shared some cam specs (to my memory) 240/250 duration w/ 114 LSA ... no other details..... the lift was small enough that Butler did think I needed a stud griddle with my 1.65 rockers.

I believe that the engine is 10.9 compression ratio but it may be a low as 10.5


Todd

Originally Posted by John62

Is this a race or street car, or both. I always though duel carbs and/or a tunnel ram type intake raised the HP/TQ numbers but here it is nothing but power down low. May I ask the compression and cam you used to make this happen. Going to be fun, that's for sure. Very nice.

[65nss4spdGTO]

Originally Posted by 60man

Bathtub may not be the most efficient by today's standards but it's the coolest.😊
Nice numbers!!!!

Originally Posted by John62

Is this a race or street car, or both. I always though duel carbs and/or a tunnel ram type intake raised the HP/TQ numbers but here it is nothing but power down low. May I ask the compression and cam you used to make this happen. Going to be fun, that's for sure. Very nice.

As far as peak HP/TQ, it all depends on the manifold and combination. The Warrior manifold wouldn't pull much over 6300 RPM on my 400ci engine. The bathtub intake we have makes good power up to 7300 RPM in our 482ci engine. Not a bad intake for 1963 technology!

Calvin Hill
Hill Performance
708-250-7420

[GTO Dan]

Cool ride!

[Tom Vaught]

Some really nice work there, I like the headers.

Tom Vaught

[J GLASGO]

FREAKING COOL!!!!

[65nss4spdGTO]

Very cool!

It never gets old looking at a 63!

Best of luck with it.

Calvin Hill
Hill Performance
708-250-7420

[BruceWilkie]

Neat... looks like a factory piece at first glance... Going to fun hookin that to the pavement!

[PAUL K]

Cool!

[gogtogo]

love it, very clean

[twooldgoats]

Beautiful car!

Jim

[blueghoast]

Looks like I'm going to have to make room at the shop real soon
so we can get that motor married to the 63 huh Todd.
Oh Yeah, I'll get some pics of mine up here when I get the
two fours on it.
See Ya at the Hot Rod Party tomorrow.

GT.

[tom s]

That is a major TQ number.Glad you got the carbs sorted out.Tom

[tpssonic]

Lookin' fantastic, Todd! I've been waiting for the news- and it's all good. Beautiful and inspirational work. Thanks for the update.

Tony

[Skip Fix]

Always liked those bathtub intakes!

[ponjohn]

As noted, torque is ridiculous.

[Jim Doran]

Great motor and car combo ! Will be a ton of fun;