I had it rebuilt and upgraded by a guy that builds them for drag racing

ahhh the only tranny I really know is the Dana SPicer 300

This here is an M21 Muncie. Quiet brother of the infamous "Rock Crusher"

The gears are cut at a 45 degree angle, which cuts down on noise. Ratios are the same. It's a road racing transmission

2.20:1 first gear doesn't lend itself well for off-the line acceleration unless you gear the rear end accordingly but my car should theoretically be able to do well into the 50s without shifting

Manual?

Yeah

Shit yea GET THAT BITCH UP TO 6k RPM and through it into first

hahahaha

Should handle 6000 rpm

Somebody put money into these cylinder heads. See those plates?

Those are guide plates to keep the pushrods from deflecting at high RPM. Somebody also put a solid lifter camshaft in it that is noticeably choppy at idle

We think it's pushing somewhere in the low to mid 300 horsepower range

Im seeing a single intake on that carb.

Yep, vintage holley single plane aluminum intake

Back when the street dominator was a single plane

Whats this solid lifter cam shaft?

This is the lifter valley of an engine

You see those steel rods?

At the bottom, they fit inside of these cylindrical objects that sit through bores in the casting

Those are the lifters

The lifters ride on this precision ground "stick" called a camshaft

This controls how far and for how long the valves open

Most vehicles today and many even back in the 60s had a hydraulic lifter. Oil pressure "pumps it up" and this compensates for any tolerance stacking or wear in the valvetrain, making it maintenance free. The downside is they don't typically perform well at high RPM

A solid lifter will not collapse, you don't have to worry about check valves failing, lifters having issues pumping up, etc.

A push rod V8.

I prefer twin cam I4’s but that’s just me. I have respect for the V8.

Different strokes for different folks, eh?

Yep.

One of my buddies swapped in a 4A-GE? I think it is, into an AE86

Some 20 valve 4-cylinder from Japan

20 valve? The 4A-GE is usually 16 valve...

That can only mean one thing...

And the AE-86 is getting very rare and most already have 4A-GE’s in them.

From my understanding he imported the engine direct from Japan

There’s my V8 on it’s way to the machine shop, can you guess what it is? 😎👍🏻🤔

boeing 747

The secret engine from INITIAL-D was a 20 valve version of the 4A-GE... I didn’t know they actually existed...

so it’s not a boeing 747 engine

No it’s a Ford small block 302

Bugatti Type 35 or Cadillac Model Thirty