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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 12:56 PM
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I'm sure most won't care but figured I'd show some of the progress I've been making installing my new engine and Single plane intake with Elbow. Lots of bolting and unbolting going on under this hood!! Some wrench flying and curse words also trying to make everything fit but she's mostly together now. Enjoy!

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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 11:01 PM
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Looks like you are doing a nice job. I am interested in the HP/TRQ curve with this set up. Keep us posted.
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Looks like you are doing a nice job. I am interested in the HP/TRQ curve with this set up. Keep us posted.
Thanks. First time doing most of this so just taking it slow.

The engine was ran on a engine dyno a few weeks back. We were able to use my intake but unfortunately they weren't setup to run EFI so a carb was used for fuel.

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nice work Ron !
I see that you used a Weiand remote housing ?
very neat job and that setup (fuel and water) should work well, are you going to use a thermostat in the housing ?
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interesting set up. Great tourque numbers. Love to be in that thing in a 1/4 mile run.
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nice work Ron !
I see that you used a Weiand remote housing ?
very neat job and that setup (fuel and water) should work well, are you going to use a thermostat in the housing ?
Yes its the Weiand housing being fed by (2) -12 lines. Other side of housing has CTS and heater core return plumb to it.

As far as tstat I will try one first and see what happens. It may cool fine without one like yours.
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Originally Posted by 89L98TPI
I'm sure most won't care but figured I'd show some of the progress I've been making installing my new engine and Single plane intake with Elbow. Lots of bolting and unbolting going on under this hood!! Some wrench flying and curse words also trying to make everything fit but she's mostly together now. Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by 89L98TPI
Yes its the Weiand housing being fed by (2) -12 lines. Other side of housing has CTS and heater core return plumb to it.

As far as tstat I will try one first and see what happens. It may cool fine without one like yours.
the -12 lines should flow plenty, Im having no trouble with -10 lines.

if you have your coolant temp sensor in your remote housing then there is probably a greater chance that the thermostat will work correctly.
I was thinking about testing my system by using lower temp thermostats (around 160) to see if it would open when the CTS was reading around the 180 mark, because my CTS is still in the front of the manifold.
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Looking good!
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383 ?
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383 ?
Thanks. Yes its a 383.
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Sweet, the braided lines that goes by the back of the alternator needs some insulation from contact with the nut. Just in case.
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