So how did it come out?

Well, pretty decent...It's a handful to drive, and a blast at the same time. With so much power on hand, and a short wheel base, it can get pretty squirrelly. At full throttle you really have to "aim" it.

If you ever read about new cars, they talk a lot about the NVH factor. Noise, Vibration and Harshness. This thing has it all in HIGH levels, and I'm loving every bit of it.

I ended up replacing the outer carb bases with stock units, with idle jets, and then synchronize them at idle. I also set the secondary's to kick in earlier. I am using 45 jets in all the carbs, but I am thinking of going with 48's or so in the center carb, for a little fatter mid range cruising. It idles a little high, but it sure beats no idle.

The choice finally fell on '40 Deluxe caps. Clean and simple.

After getting the carbs in decent order, I could add the chrome nut covers for some detail.

Ok, one more artsy fartsy...

There you have it. A hot rod ready to rumble. I still have a lot of adjustments etc to make, but it's a running driving hot rod, and DAMN is it fun !

See and hear it run:

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