409 Chevrolet...............

[ajwheels]

and here is a pic of the head surface showing that "W" layout of the valves...........

Tony

[Michael4]

Shes Real Fine My 409

[ajwheels]

Mmm........I really need to get back on this and finish it out.............

Tony

[Cobalt1959]

You have done a fantastic job so far. . .

[ajwheels]

It's interesting how these things come around again..........I get started and for some reason it stalls...........in this case, there was a major dimensional error in the block, and I went on to other stuff.............but lately, I sorted it out, and here is where I am today............this is configured for the dual Carters...........getting close now..........

Tony

[Don Garrett]

Looks great Tony...but are the intakes for the carbs supposed to be turned that way?

[ajwheels]

I am real good at screwing this stuff up, but I think it's ok..........but I could have gotten it wrong............lets open it up to a vote...........help me get to the truth.......

The attached images, the best I can tell, reflect the original parts.........

There is this wisdom that comes with age, but right along with that, is this, well, this slipage...........so much to look forward to...............

Tony

[Don Garrett]

It's me that's having the slippage Tony, you have them right...guess I'm just used to seeing the secondary openings at the rear rather than the side.

[Rick]

Trivia question.......why is the intake designed with the with the intake openings running east west rather than north south?

[GirchyGirchy]

Looks great! The 409 valve covers have always been favorites of mine. I bought a '62 Impala kit to steal the engine from to put in my 5-window Deuce. :)

[Deuces-wild]

Yeah, I'm about to do the same with my Revell 5W Deuce kit.. The motor is the AMT '62 Bel Air 409 with a kitbashed 6.71 blower setup... Hope I can make it look like this:

[Daytonatim]

Trivia question.......why is the intake designed with the with the intake openings running east west rather than north south?

Just a guess.......To minimize the Carb floats moving around during a hard launch at your local dragstrip?