Boring to bling... (Pics)
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Melting Slicks
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From: Bay Area CA
Boring to bling... (Pics)
Just wanted to share...
Did some work under the hood. Got rid of the crate motor valve cover and air cleaner lid and put chrome ones. I like the near stock look better.
Boring....
Bling...
Did some work under the hood. Got rid of the crate motor valve cover and air cleaner lid and put chrome ones. I like the near stock look better.
Boring....
Bling...
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VERY nice.......
And it does look close to stock....
And it does look close to stock....
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Bay Area CA
The long term goal is to pull out the 502 and put a rebuilt 427 in it and also change the L88 hood and put a big block hood.
That's real long term... After 5+ years. By that time it will be worth doing all of that to a NOM 69.
In the short term, I am planning to do the following...
* Put the smog pump back on
* Take out the chrome breather and route it through the air cleaner base
* Put the distributor cover back on
* Change the blue spark plug wires
That's real long term... After 5+ years. By that time it will be worth doing all of that to a NOM 69.
In the short term, I am planning to do the following...
* Put the smog pump back on
* Take out the chrome breather and route it through the air cleaner base
* Put the distributor cover back on
* Change the blue spark plug wires
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,483
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From: Bay Area CA
I love the chrome distributor cover look.
I may have to customize it a bit to make it work. I am gonna try tho.
I am also having trouble installing a stock breather. The breather pipe on the stock air cleaner base is hitting the carb. I may have to cut another hole in the air cleaner base and re-route the breather.
Drifting
Joined: May 2006
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She looks Marvelous;
Are you hooked on that fuel filter? one of those came apart on me on my 350 she just died.I looked under neath glass filter all was gone just broke apart and the glass covering the filter was in one piece the metal broke that holds the filter together.Filters are good but Im shy of the glass ones.
Are you hooked on that fuel filter? one of those came apart on me on my 350 she just died.I looked under neath glass filter all was gone just broke apart and the glass covering the filter was in one piece the metal broke that holds the filter together.Filters are good but Im shy of the glass ones.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,483
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From: Bay Area CA
She looks Marvelous;
Are you hooked on that fuel filter? one of those came apart on me on my 350 she just died.I looked under neath glass filter all was gone just broke apart and the glass covering the filter was in one piece the metal broke that holds the filter together.Filters are good but Im shy of the glass ones.
Are you hooked on that fuel filter? one of those came apart on me on my 350 she just died.I looked under neath glass filter all was gone just broke apart and the glass covering the filter was in one piece the metal broke that holds the filter together.Filters are good but Im shy of the glass ones.
What did you change it with after it broke?
I am thinking of getting a Holley metal filter.
http://www.holley.com/162-523.asp