FYI: Dutra Duals and Starter Clearance

Thanks for the clarification, Dan (as well as all the other 'indirect' help you've given our project via your participation and advice on this board). The need for that 'lil starter was indeed a by-product of the dual Dutra dual setup. We were really glad to learn that Mr. Dutra still makes those.

Brandon, I'll certainly ensure that when, the time comes, I report out on how the motor runs. My son wants to get it on a chassis dyno once the motor is broken in a bit, just for curiousity's sake. I was mildly surprised it started up on the first turn of the key after dropping it in the car. The miracles of EFI, I guess.

We did the 20-minute cam break-in process, holding at at 2000 RPM, but have not driven it yet (still waiting on getting the seats back from the upholstery guy). It has a fairly quiet muffler set-up, but at higher revs I gotta admit it sounds pretty good for an in-line six.

I suspect it'll never do burn-outs off the line, not with the 'granny gear' 2.76:1 rear axle ratio. But it should be peppy enough at speeds. In fact, part of the cam choice had to do with ensuring it was in a fat torque band doing a 3-to-2 downshift at highway speeds (i.e. passing power).