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Mild Modifications / Re: The Hugger goes ZL-1....
« on: September 24, 2018, 05:46:32 AM »Neat!Thank you!
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Neat!Thank you!
not bad, but it appears to be 'too thick' to me.. ie. much thicker than original '69 emblems. I'd suggest checking the thickness of your original 350 emblem, and modifying your design to be the same...Thanks Gary, but off course they have the same aperence as original, same dimensions and same thickness!
Ok, you got me, lol! Re-read the thread and saw your flexplate.Haha, good work re-reading everything!
The adds I have seen for PD or DUI said they will take car weight,cam and ect. and curve the dizzy before shipment. I can do it but it would nice to open the box and the paper says total advance, total in at what RPM, ect while getting a good unit at a fair price. If I had a SUN machine I would do it but leaning over a hot motor playing with springs and weights kind of gets old.Great to hear, Kelley!
Nothing to consider, right way to do it Any reputable carb builder is gonna ask for cam specs,gears,weight of car,etc... I will say I have heard nothing but good about the Holley HP line. One of my friends was telling me they were making great numbers with one on the dyno..right out of the box. Slightly lower then the custom carb,which by the way is a great piece. AND the Holley is a couple hundred dollars less.Thanks for all that interesting info, I may look into that’s as well. But my intention is to keep the engine close to original so we’ll see...
Another old friend, who is into big cube SBC's in Cobras, has been running the distributer you have pictured for years. Good unit, supports an 800 hp small block with around 7800 shift points with no issues. I was going to ramble on about setting your curve, when you want it "all in", but John Z's article does a much better job! none the less, this will be based on your cam specs. ALSO, Transmission Specialties out of Aston,PA builds bullet proof convertors. Accurate stall. Once again based on your car and engine specs.Get a SFI rated flex plate! If you currently just have a stock one.
Bty, I'm in the camp that loves your engine bay, great job.
I have never had one but my next one will be from them. I understand you can give them your cars specs and they will curve it for the performanceThanks for your answer Kelley, that’s even better then I thought!
You want. And the price is reasonable.
What rpm is your converter dragging it down to? If it is 600 to 700 see if the engine will run that low in neutral. My stock converter in my Chevelle took the LS6 cam down to 600 or so and it would barely run. My CX converterin my camaro comes down to 700 or so and the L78 will idle there.I have idle at 1000 and it drags down to like 800. It work ok when the engine has normal running temperatur.
You can try messing with the idle speed, but may need a different torque converter.I've changed the main nozzles two steps larger and will try tomorrow again.
Had a really wild 406 small block one time that was a bear to deal with when it had a stock converter, so an aftermarket converter was installed.
What converter is in the car now?
very cool. I hope many other pics held hostage are freed. Since they are now showing, can you copy and save them differently so photo bucket doesn't have control over your pics?It is!
It’s $20 annually.Finally photobucket.com has reached point of no return and now all my former pictures held as hostage are back! The new annual price is fare and immediately after paying all the pics in my threads worldwide are back!
What is the cost? About $25 per year?
So have you driven it yet?Thanks for asking Kelley, but no.
keep up the progress! When will it hit the road?Thanks!
(BTW I think only the early cars had the GM logo on the heater hose, most other cars had the ribbed hoses. *Also -They make a better repo of that GM hose)