Finally got it buttoned up and fired off on Oct. 7th. Hurricane Florence interrupted a lot during September. 2 days later I was asked to do a resto to road ready on a 2005 Volvo V50 so that's been...
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Finally got it buttoned up and fired off on Oct. 7th. Hurricane Florence interrupted a lot during September. 2 days later I was asked to do a resto to road ready on a 2005 Volvo V50 so that's been...
Ok, so it's been a while and I'm closer to having it running. Sorry for not posting for a month. I haven't touched the tune since last update. I went through and tried harder to wrap my head around...
Long overdue update. I swapped the Summit rocker arms for some Scorpions. Stud girdle is in, pushrods measured out at exactly 7.2", intake is installed, distributor is within 2* of zero with #1 at...
Replacement rocker arms should be here today and I can get the pushrod measurement finalized. I mocked up the intake and made sure the brackets for the MAP and the throttle will clear the valve...
I started mocking up the valve train using a spare set of 7.2” pushrods from a 64,000 mile LT1. ARP 3/8” studs and Summit stainless 1.6rr. Guide plates are Dart 1 piece. The valves and studs are very...
Lifters and retainers installed, did paint the water pump Old Ford Blue. Hope to get the intake on after I check the pushrod clearance in the heads. I have 3 that are looking a bit close. I think the...
That's right, I conveniently forgot LT1/LT4 heads have 58-53cc chambers, noticeably smaller than my 64cc. I'm running a 2.02 intake and 1.6 exhaust valve. 2200-2500 stall converter in front of a...
Haven’t touched it for 12 days until tonight, very brief time spent. Cleaned up the spider I acquired from a boneyard LT1 D body. Also soaked the new lifters in virgin mineral spirits for an hour to...
Rather old first attempt at building and smoothing a VE table, based on... gut I guess. No idea if I'm even close but this is what I started with, dreaming back in Dec. 2016. screen shots of both...
I carefully taped off the RMB seal housing and painted the back of the block, got the water jackets and all bolt holes on the deck cleaned out of the crate oil/ preservative and got the heads on. One...
This block has definitely been decked. Pistons in the hole:
1 .013
3 .015
5 .017
7 .017
2 .012
4 .014
6 .015
8 .017
It's been a little slow getting through the new short block. Every fastener and component being re-used has to be cleaned and some of it painted. Right now I've got the bottom end buttoned up, cam...
I'm using the rudimentary method for calculating quench. Volume of cylinder from top of piston to deck height (.025) + compressed gasket thickness (.026) = .051"
My SCR I used the calculator at...
That will be one fun van... is your block decked? The best I could come up with on my old block or another offering where I got my SB, both with -12.3cc dish, was a hair over 9:1 with the 7733SH-1...
Also, I'm using the Holley 300-49 intake and have worked out all the bracket stuff using stock brackets with a slight bench grinder shave in a couple of spots. More on that with pictures as well....
It's been a long time but I'm back with updates on this. I had the truck together and running pretty well. Something I overlooked in the cooling system stuck the thermostat on the way back from the...
I did follow the advice of Dave W and Fast355 and bite the bullet and seek out a good pair of completely reconditioned, flow matched 80#/hr. injectors (5235231). The more I read about taking the...
My world kind of blew up 3 days after the last update, not much of anything done for a while. Just wanted to say I haven't given up and I will be back with more updates in the next couple of months....
One more update, nothing exciting. I replaced the fuel pump with the EP381. Did the tank from the bottom after pretty much running it out of gas since it didn't have much in it when I got it, havn't...
My apologies for lack of updates. It's been a slow month. Trying to get a few things sorted out in prep for the go fast portion of the project. All I've managed to do is install the FPR and salad...
I disconnected the battery for a few minutes and tried again. This time I only got the code 23 blinking in the first column. I read somewhere recently that it's normal for it to do that. No other...
I reflashed banks 0 and 1 with the 2010 and 2011 bins. Now each one works and drives normally and the SES light isn't on, but I see this in the Malf Codes display. The screen cap doesn't show it, but...
Right now I'm looking at how to resolve the code 23 it's throwing in EBL, on a truck with no IAT/MAT sensor. The word/ bit aren't set for that in the base bin (ebl_f_2010) and I'm not sure why I'm...
Thanks- that's the math I needed to know that I need to learn. I'll touch base with Sean at SPR and swap out injectors. I may not hit 400FW but it'll come pretty damn close by 5700 if nothing...
Thanks for the input. When you say higher RPMs, how high? I'm planning to spin no higher than 5500, limiter set at 5750. I'm feeling like I should have insisted on BBC injectors. I think I'd have...