Intake nightmare

[marxjunk]

So..i have this pretty peppy SBC..runs really well and burns tires at will...which is fun..but it has a Victor Junior on it...and its just too much..so i thought id put an RPM on i have and a smaller carb...and then the nightmare started


first the carb studs stripped...then 3 intake bolt head round off..then.no matter what distributor will not come out..so im thinking the pin on the gear has slipped out and its jammed up..so wiggle wiggle..turn turn..no go..so..i pull the whole motor, cuz now i realize something is really wrong...and the horror began..and ive had this thing up over 100mph...now..i'm looking the whole car over...and anywhere the previous owner touched is so scarey..i cant believe i even drove it across the parking lot, let alone down the hiway...scarey...

i think the saying, if you burned your house down while changing the oil..dont build a car...now i suspect of everything..but it did scream pretty good..

wire harness is so rigged, i cant believe it didnt burn....3 trans bolts where missing to the block...one converter bolt missing..half the motor mount bolts where SAE the other metric...trans mount broken and missing a bolt...and everythng i touched was rigged..missing or fubared

what a bummer...i should have just left it alone..tortured the car til it popped...went from a carb and intake swap to a mess

you can see the hammer got bigger til it came out..well part of it is still in there...3 piece distrib..finally broke the advance plate off and pulled the housing out with the intake....