[Side Oil'r 69]

Jorgen,

Your car looks awesome!! The Parhams built the exact same engine for my car KMP 267. It is CSX 391 484 stroker. At about 75 miles the engine started to leak around the pan and from the rear of both valve covers. I was not very impressed, but it says in the manual to check the header bolts, pan and valve cover bolts every 200 miles for the first 1000 miles. The problem is that you don't want to torque them too tightly or you will break a gasket or warp the pan. Don't get me wrong, the engine looks, runs and sounds beautiful but for the price I don't think it should leak at all. Didn't you have another motor from SA? Did it run well without leaks?
Also did David K build your headers and side pipes? They did mine and built them without baffles which sounds awesome i.e. like a GT-40 going down the Mulsanne at LeMans.
I finished it on February 25 and already have 503 miles on it. Any way enjoy your car and let me know how the break in period on your motor turns out.

Michael