about a month ago i bought a 302, c4 and driveshaft from a 1984 pickup, thinking i'd never find a 289 around here. low and behold, a guy my dad works with had a 1966 289 sitting in his garage. he said he rebuilt the engine 15 years ago for a friend, but the friend got into drugs and jail, yadda yadda, and he has no use for it being a chevy guy. i also picked up upper and lower intake manifolds, fuel rails, throttle body and elbow from a 1990 mustang gt for $35 off ebay. great start for my fuel injection project.

 

That's AWESOME! [sm=icon_rock.gif]

 

You're not thinking about firing this engine without freshening it are you ? 15 years is a long time to sit and I would strongly recommend that you replace the rings ( probably collpased or stuck ) and al least check the valve springs. Remember that if this engine had pushrods in place and tightened , some of these valve springs have been under tremendous load for a very long time. Just my humble opinion, Dean

 

yea i'm tearing it down completely just to be sure. thanks for the lookout tho

 

Funny.. you're taking an old engine and making it fuel injected.. I took a 94 cobra 302 and made it carbed.. Let me know how she works out for you.

 

WOW, you are flying!!!!!!! I cant believe it!!!!!!!!