I'm not going to claim it's the actual first start, it's probably about the 4th start or so. I had let the engine go through a heating cycle or two to purge the cooling system and look for leaks before the video. Pretty uneventful which is a good thing. I've still got one coolant fitting that is weeping a little that I'm going to have to drain some coolant to fix but other than that all is good.
It's a pretty high idle in the video but once it settles into a normal idle it really lopes along with a 110* cam lobe separation. I've go-carted it a few times and the cam isn't all that happy in the lower RPM's below about 1500-1800. Once past that it lights up like an absolute BEAST though. It makes for a bit of surging at parking lot speeds but it sounds good and has gobs of power. It was an acceptable trade-off for ~550hp for track use at high RPM's. I can't wait to get my first 30 easy miles on it, some fresh oil and filter, then get into it a little with some higher RPM runs per break-in procedures.
These milestones really are a great feeling!
https://youtu.be/g6XLY4h0xxo
-TJ