Weekend project...
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Weekend project...
Just wanted to share. I got to put my refinished valve covers on this weekend. I also did a little clean up under the hood while I was at it. Let me know what you think...
Glen...
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Hard to believe what a few hours worth of work and a couple of bucks for rattle cans can do isn't it???
Thanks for the compliments...
Thanks for the compliments...
Last edited by hotwater; Sep 10, 2006 at 08:48 PM.
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Here's the original post if anyone's interested...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1490559
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1490559
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Is that the PCV valve T-eed off onto the brake booster?
Where does the end that disappears behind the block go?
Oh yeah.... almost forgot ......... they look great!
Where does the end that disappears behind the block go?
Oh yeah.... almost forgot ......... they look great!
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Originally Posted by Bob Onit
Is that the PCV valve T-eed off onto the brake booster?
Where does the end that disappears behind the block go?
Oh yeah.... almost forgot ......... they look great!
Where does the end that disappears behind the block go?
Oh yeah.... almost forgot ......... they look great!
the Covers look great
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how did you get the master cylinder and brake booster painted? did you take them off? I'm going to be detailing under the hood this winter and am trying to figure out if I can do those parts without removing them.
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Sorry it took so long to reply guys. I got sent to the field for a couple of days. As far as the "T" that I did, I had to do it that way because with the Holley intake and carb, I was pretty limited to vacuum ports. This seems to be working pretty well though.
As far as the master cylinder, all that I did was mask off the brake lines and lid and went to town. Not that hard and only took about half an hour.
Thanks again for all of the compliments guys. I really appreciate them...
Glen.....
As far as the master cylinder, all that I did was mask off the brake lines and lid and went to town. Not that hard and only took about half an hour.
Thanks again for all of the compliments guys. I really appreciate them...
Glen.....
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Originally Posted by hotwater
Sorry it took so long to reply guys. I got sent to the field for a couple of days. As far as the "T" that I did, I had to do it that way because with the Holley intake and carb, I was pretty limited to vacuum ports. This seems to be working pretty well though.
As far as the master cylinder, all that I did was mask off the brake lines and lid and went to town. Not that hard and only took about half an hour.
Thanks again for all of the compliments guys. I really appreciate them...
Glen.....
As far as the master cylinder, all that I did was mask off the brake lines and lid and went to town. Not that hard and only took about half an hour.
Thanks again for all of the compliments guys. I really appreciate them...
Glen.....
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Originally Posted by hotwater
As far as the "T" that I did, I had to do it that way because with the Holley intake and carb, I was pretty limited to vacuum ports. This seems to be working pretty well though.
Get some pics back up of the intake and carb without the air cleaner
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Originally Posted by Bob Onit
Sorry to say but you better find some other way to route the PCV or you will be looking at some serious problems very soon....
Get some pics back up of the intake and carb without the air cleaner
Get some pics back up of the intake and carb without the air cleaner
NOT a good idea to "T" off the brake booster. Functionally, you can get away with it as it will work, but it wasn't done in production due to the possibility of PCV flow reversions allowing crankcase vapors to get into the booster.
Granted, the possiblilities if it are very small, but do you want to take the risk one day of hitting the brakes and going "BOOM"?!
I'd strongly suggest finding another vacuum source. Your best bet is to run the PCV line to the carb and running the brake booster directly off the intake manifold for full manifold vacuum. If you don't have an available port already on your intake you can drill and tap one for use with the booster.
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Originally Posted by pcfred
What prep and paint did you use on the Master cyl?
As far as the "T", I will try to re-rout it this weekend. Before the "T", I just had the PCV vented with no vacuum at all. All of the ports that are on my carb are too small for the regular PCV line. Would it be okay to reduce the size of the line to hook it up to the carb?
Thanks again all.
Glen.....
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Originally Posted by BarryK
NOT a good idea to "T" off the brake booster. Functionally, you can get away with it as it will work, but it wasn't done in production due to the possibility of PCV flow reversions allowing crankcase vapors to get into the booster.
Granted, the possiblilities if it are very small, but do you want to take the risk one day of hitting the brakes and going "BOOM"?!
I'd strongly suggest finding another vacuum source. Your best bet is to run the PCV line to the carb and running the brake booster directly off the intake manifold for full manifold vacuum. If you don't have an available port already on your intake you can drill and tap one for use with the booster.
Noticed that odd routing right off...
Valve covers look great, working on cleaning up mine also, along with the eng. compt.
Don't know if you have the same holley model, but mine has a large tube on the backside baseplate for PCV connection. There may be a rubber cap on it or something, but could be a different model too.
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Originally Posted by hotwater
As far as the "T", I will try to re-rout it this weekend. Before the "T", I just had the PCV vented with no vacuum at all. All of the ports that are on my carb are too small for the regular PCV line. Would it be okay to reduce the size of the line to hook it up to the carb?
Thanks again all.
Glen.....
I have never taken a brake booster apart so I dont know where the diaphragm is located but if all the blow by gets into that rubber my guess is that it will destroy it.
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Not sure of the model right off hand. (Stuck at work on 24 hour duty) However, I will double check my stuff tomorrow when I get home. I understand what you guys are saying about the booster though. I never really thought of it like that. I think that the only thing that I was worried about was the amount of vacuum being supplied to the booster. I only wish that I still had the pics I took of when I first got the car. Thanks again for all of the advice though. I will definately post tomorrow if any problems should pop up.
One question though. Is there anything I can do about the fuel line coming over the upper radiator hose? I have a problem with the fuel boiling out of the filter. The silver stuff on the fuel line is just an old sun shade that I cut up to make a temporary heat shield out of. It seems to help, however, I know that there has to be a better way out there. And I need it to be cheap. This little project has pretty much drained most of my savings.
One question though. Is there anything I can do about the fuel line coming over the upper radiator hose? I have a problem with the fuel boiling out of the filter. The silver stuff on the fuel line is just an old sun shade that I cut up to make a temporary heat shield out of. It seems to help, however, I know that there has to be a better way out there. And I need it to be cheap. This little project has pretty much drained most of my savings.
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Originally Posted by hotwater
One question though. Is there anything I can do about the fuel line coming over the upper radiator hose? I have a problem with the fuel boiling out of the filter..
So...Holley does NOT recommend using an external filter on the Street Avenger.
That bieng said, do some research and see if your model Holley requires an external filter.
I am dead against running rubber fuel lines, of course thats what I use because on any given day I can mount 3 different Quadrajets on my car which cuts the swap time down to about 5 minutes
But honestly... if you dont want to use steel line there is room to route in a different location.