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Originally Posted by ShowSomePromise
How do you feel about Bret?
The internet is full of opinions on him, curious to see yours.
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I love the guy like a brother. And his dad Jon like an, ummm, older brother. lol
We basically started out as E mail buddies, and he showed an interest in seeing the 32 V heads. I orig was going to just go visit him and his Pop and take a head with me, but I had such a good feeling from talking to him that I loaded the whole engine [in parts] up in my car and hauled 'em up with me. He cracked up when I told him I had everything with me, and he agreed to take the project on as long as I agreed to let him do it the "right" way, as he found a lot of things he didn't like about the heads. He started working on things, and never beat me up for payment or sweated me for anything. I just bought a few things as he needed them. And then when I hit my $ probs I seriously thought I was going to have to end the project, or he might want to end the project, but he basically said if I wanted to go on we would just pick up when I had some more bux, and all I spent in a long azz time was 60 bux for a carb spacer.
The guy is a good drinking buddy, and just a plain good buddy. I know he has opinions about stuff, but who doesn't? I can't do this as a "melting pot" project, and I trust Bret. He is a dayum smart and talented engine guy, and he is in cahoots with some other very heavy hitters in the biz. And his Pop has been in the biz since working for Pontiac back in the orig GTO days. And these guys have a complete machine shop at their beck and call, and they know how to use the machines. So, if Bret and Jon can't "git R done" right, I don't know who can.
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Originally Posted by J.Reed
LT1!!! the outrage!!!!
this is awesome though. I didnt think people even custom made stuff like that, let alone a production version. so cooL!
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LT-WON!!!!! Baybee!!!!
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Originally Posted by iroc86NJ
Checked out that link.....those heads look sick!!!!
From the photo's provided it's not clear how the push rods or cam work? Does Arao Engineering re work the block? Think you could post up a link with detailed pics? Thanks
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The only "extra" work done to the block is some grinding for pushrod clearance. The cam stays in the stock location, an works as "stock."
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Originally Posted by 86Formula
what do you intend to spin it to? what kind of ignition system are you using since the good'ol opti only spins to 7k?
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Revs would prolly go 8-8500. NO OPTI HERE! lol We're either gonna do a crank trigger, a Jesel front mount distributor, or a Summers Bros front mount distributor.
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Originally Posted by J.Reed
put it in the white trash camaro project!!
on a serious note....this is pretty awesome. esp me being all about the technology and engineering side of cars. Also i believe the duramax diesel uses a very similar setup
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Nah, it's going in my AMX. And yer right, the Duramax uses a very similar set up.