The 1st, and only, Signature ERE-399

Signature Ellwein Engines ERE399

A hot street/strip 399 cid LT1 with CNC ported TFS heads from Advanced Induction.

The owner of this project has given me permission to make a signature LT1. We decided to make a 395 (396) and give it an extra .030" stroke and a block with a 9.015" deck. The block will have Callies billet splayed main caps. The crankshaft is a Callies Magnum XL with 3.905" stroke and 1.888" rod pins. Along with 6" Oliver billet rods and Ross pistons we have a custom Ai billet camshaft and the super sweet Ai CNC ported TFS heads to top it all off.

I found an industrial powder coating shop "Ship Point Machine" in Hollywood Maryland and I selected Cardinal Red for the block.

The block looks red to the naked eye. Here the camera and flash and lighting make a false color. The orange and purple is not actually true. It's due to the camera.

This is an LT1 intake manifold ported by Advanced Induction.	The powder coating here is by Bob Noble.
Final cleaning prior to installing cam bearings and rotating assembly.	That is a nice powder coating.
reverse angle. :)	After the wash it is quickly dried and oiled.
Cam bearings and freeze plugs in.	Camera flash makes the red look purple.
Main caps off and cleaned.	Verification that the oil gallery plug is installed.
3 Milodon main studs for windage tray.	Crank in for mock-up.
Oliver rod and Ross pistons installed.	This is not a final assembly. This is to mock-up to see if everything fits.
Ahh! And look at all the clearance. The 1.888" rod journal helps with that.	Titan oil pump installed.
A photo for eye candy.	Oil pan fits over the oil nicely.
Top dead center and about .008" out of the hole.	Oliver rod and the custom Ross piston.
Nice view of the block.	Ai ported intake manifold.
ye ol flat-top.	Measuring how far it is out of the hole.
Nice view.	A rough measure of TDC.
Lookin' at things upsidedown.