well it took a while, but the 454(461) is finally done. everything seems to look pretty good. now just gotta buy the last of the stuff for it and hopefully get the 350 out and the 454 in. here are some pix.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/iroc5570/camaro/PICT1634.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/iroc5570/camaro/PICT1638.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/iroc5570/camaro/PICT1637.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/iroc5570/camaro/PICT1639.jpg

the black looks great except there is a scratch right above the water pump, so there is a little orange peeking through, ill have to fix it before it goes in.

LOL - such the perfectionist. Most likely, no one would've noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out (I didn't until I read your 2nd post saying).

That being said, looks really good! What are the specs on it, and what should be the power output on that?

looks great,mine should be home soon too,cant wait.-Harvey

it is a 454, .030 over, so a 461. stock crank. standard type rods and pistons. the heads are GM, but the ones i went with will get me around 9:1 CR(so i was told). they arent the 049 or 781 heads(since i wanted to keep the CR decent). the cam is an edelbrock hydraulic flat tappet.....218 intake, 228 exhaust, AD intake 292, AD exhaust 302. Lift 500/500. it has an edelbrock performer intake, edelbrock 750cfm carb. edelbrock fuel pump. dynomax 1 7/8 full length headers to 2.5" straight pipes to two flowmasters that dump before the rear end. im not too sure what power to expect from it though. probably not too impressive. ill be happy no matter what. its got a TH350. rear end is a 373 posi. just wanna get it in the car and hear that thing run.

and that orange will always bother me if its there, lol. ill just take the paint and roll up a piece of paper real tight and shoot the nozzle into the paper, so the paint will only go where the scratch is, and it will be as good as new.

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Now that right there is reason enough to jump to the Dark Side....:p

looks great andy!!!
the next couple of weeks are very busy for me so let me know when you are going to put that beast in i will try to make some time to come over and help.

Sweet lookin rat man.

Have fun on the mouse-to-real engine transplant,it'll be worth it in the end. :)

just let me know when u put it in and i will see if i can come over there with my camaro and help u and nitro put it in.

thanks for all the positive feedback. im excited to get the carb and air cleaner on, bc the air cleaner matches the valve covers. chrome with a red chevy emblem and black chevrolet on it. will look real nice when its squeezed in the engine bay. ill make sure to take pix when the swap takes place.

black is ok see http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/bigblockchev/HPIM0941.jpg

I love engine pr0n :)

I like it! That looks bad A$$.....