Close to final assembly

Marty,

I saw Roland yesterday, he said your engine is done and is being packaged for shipment

...but we changed the shipping address to my house!!

Marty,
Your car has always been my favorite on this site. Now, with the added ( beautiful )engine swap, it's passed into the realm of artwork.

Things are a little hazy after partying down here in key west. I think I read my motor was shipped to El Guapo's home for testing. Lap dances are half price due to the bad economy. Interesting place but I could not handle more than a couple days here. Back to the party now. See ya! Marty

Future SOC-er posing as a famous member.

Marty--now that is funny!

Have you driven with that new engine yet?---Jack

Marty - that must be your 'Karate Kid'! What a stud, especially with the banging 'do!

Waiting to hear your driving impressions on your new bad-ass engine!

Peace - Out!

El Guapo, Sr.

Jimbo,

That's Karate Kid-2. The older one is the bad ass. Nicholas is the lover until you get him ticked off and then all hell breaks loose. No engine yet. I'll keep you posted.


Marty G.

...so what you're telling me is #1 Son takes after you and #2 Son takes after Sandy!

I may never wear a Hawaiian shirt again...

Regarding the picture caption above, if you've ever seen his Humuhumunukunukuapua'a you know why he doesn't need the t-shirt...

...but it might make you Wannahawkalugi!!

.....dakinebwaaaaaaa dakineHaaaaaa dakinehaaaaaa! :-)

Breather setup. The motor should be in Chicago by next Wednesday.

Marty, that is one of the nicest looking engines I've seen. Can't wait to see it in the flesh in October.

That engine is ALMOST as sexy as Sandy!

Ah yes, the Italian-Amish bombshell!

I've never seen that done before. Saves on disconnecting all the lines every time the engine comes out of the car, huh?
Very smart.

Thanks Guys, Rolland has some good ideas. He asked me how much room I had behind the doghouse; should all fit in nicely.

Marty--you are going to be one happy guy! Remember---we knew you "when".

I especially like those sexy connectors for the breather lines--high quality and they add a lot of interesting detail to the engine.

What fun!---Good job by you and Roland.----Jack

OH ROLLO!........ You've done it again.

Cory, having the breather on the oil cooler side of the shroud is fairly common.

Here's a photo of my previously owned Beck Spyder engine. If you look directly in the middle top of the first photo, you'll see where I mounted my breather and hoses

Mounting the breather box behind the shroud like that has been around for a while I've been doing it this way on my friend's car's and on my car's for about 20 year's If you look at marty's motor the bracket holding the oil filter . I had that mount made for his motor so it keep's all the oil line's on the motor so his install would be easier . Also the mount was made to clear the heater box's . ROLAND

Thanks, guys! I'm absolutely filing that one away for future use.

Motor made it to the mechanic's shop today and gets dropped in on Monday the 27th. I'll post some results next week.

Ooooooh the anticipation!!!!

Sounds like a Carley Simon song.

U R SO LUCKY

U too Gerd, I envy the coupe sometimes, It's gonna look awesome. And you can drive it more often.

Almost there, Oil Cooler in and Headers are on. They were doing some wiring late in the day. It all gets bolted up in the morning. Any suggestions on break in oil? How many miles before I should change it?


Marty

Marty---how exciting! Let's see some pix as the installation proceeds.

Are you using that new Amish oil?

Good luck with the new power plant!---Jack

I am going to use Brad Penn break in oil.

Marty,

Hope the install goes good I tried to make everything as easy as possible . I talked to your mechanic this morning about the cooler he said it was no problem to install .Give me a call when you drive it have fun . Talk to you later ROLAND

Re. the oil - Jake Raby swears by Brad Penn.

THATS ALL I USE IN MY CAR IS BRAD PENN AND I LOVE IT

Brad Penn is good oil but in my opinion, Swepco is better but,,, both are much better than the standard over the counter oil.

Run the engine HARD varying your RPM's as much as possible for at least 500 miles then drain the oil, add a new filter if you have one and refill.

Read this. The author states that the dialogue indicates "motorcycle" but it also applies to automobile engines

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Marty's motor already broke in it's ready to run . I like the penn oil also I think he worked for kendell then went on his own .I used rotella on MARTY'S motor 20 - 50 . ROLAND

Roland--what a gorgeous engine you built for Marty--I know he will really enjoy it. He shared some on the "innards" with me---very good stuff indeed!

I hope you can answer a question for me---have you ever dynoed, or do you kniow---what is the HP on the standard Vintage 1915 engine with the twin carbs? Thanks---Jack

Jack'

Ive never dynoed our stock 1915cc motor's but I would say it should make about 70 to 75 hp getting into jetting and timing also depend's on the exhaust your running ROLAND

Holly shit Batman! Can't talk now must drive:)

I like the sound of that!