Quick fire up of the engine with the new intake and HEI. Sounded pretty sweet before running out of fuel. I wasn't running a fuel pump yet. The test was mostly to make sure I wanted to spend the rest of the money to finish out the build.
In hind sight, this was not a budget conscious thing to do. When all is said and done, I think I'll be about $2500 into the engine. Probably should have looked for a rebuilt v8 or at least an engine that already had the carbureted setup. The upside, I got to learn much more about engines than I thought and the new knowledge is priceless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZxpoH_5DU