Rebuilt 390 by me

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Rebuilt 390 by me

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It was a balmy 34 here last week before it went to below zero here now. But I was abale to fire this engine up and break in the cam and stuff. Granted it has the old re-used VC's but turned out very well. Was a copy grind of a Lunati Voodoo cam 390 9.5 2V pistons, T 4V manifold with 1" spacer, 1850 Holley, Flo-Tech headers. basically just a good old budget build for a bumpside.

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Sounds good and tight :thup: Like Stepside (RIP) once said "firing a new engine and letting it run is like hearing a newborn child cry for the first time"
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Great build!
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8) :thup:
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Sounded like Vroom...Vroom...GO..PACK..GO :yip:
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Does that block have an "X" on the side of it?

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The X doesn't mean anything on the FE.
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which of the lunati cams are you running. What are the specs ?
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Was a reground copy very close to this from Ken at Oregon cams

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Nice work, completely jealous of the tools/stacked engine blocks. very nice. Once I
I get some more mechanical work done on my 72 I have plans to build a 390 fe. Looking forward to it.
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