[Dwight]

[quoteI think Keith's crate engines are right on the money. Stout enough to be trouble free without added money where it is not necessary. Probably has great street manners but sounds good. Cam profile that has stood the test of time. I'll bet they have the carb specs dialed in pretty tight also. I am not sure making it "custom" has much merit if the HP and torque come in where you want.][/quote]

Yes to first statement
yes to the second statement
yes to the third
yes to the fourth

carb dialed in for wide open throttle only. He does not know what air cleaner, headers, sidepipes, etc you will use. You will have to tune the carb after you install it into your car.

On the sound, Lainhart has two sets of sidepipes. One set has nothing inside to restrict air flow. With his 487 c.i. side oiler it sound like thunder each time a cylinder hits.

Once he installed them he has taken them off.

When we pull into a car show and people stop what ever they are doing to find the source of the exhaust noise.
I have seen them looking for the source of the noise when he was a half block away. Now we where idling slowly by a row of buildings which projected the sound of both pipes to one direction. Small kids and old woman, they all look.

But in an open field car show, they can he him comes. And at 7000 rpm, I'm in car heaven!

All three sound like a Man Size Cobra but Lainhart's pipes gets everyone attention. At red lights, people roll down their windows to listen to the music.

Nothing like a big block idling at 1000 rpm.

Oh by the way my small block sounds pretty good at the red light.

Dwight