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Originally Posted by tubbed69
Very nice work on this one Dale,some great ideas
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Thank you Jeff! By the way I really like the wheel choice on your build... Very nice.
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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Wait til you own a Freightliner! I just had the 10,000 mile oil and filters done... it holds 10 GALLONS of oil in the crankcase... and the service was almost $500 -- but that included 2 gallons of Lucas Oil (20% is all they recommend). LOL
The dry sump system looks good Dale!
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Thank you Greg… appreciate the compliment.
I need to buy oil by the gallon, and you need to buy it by the barrel, Lol.
I think it’s great what you are doing... traveling around… working on builds... enjoying life… having fun. That's what it's all about. Glad to see you have a nice rig now
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Originally Posted by Jay Hilliard
Just read the entire build thread. Great write-up and very detailed. Awesome job!
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Thanks Jay! I’ve been following your build also… very nice work.
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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal
Pure function, f'n awesome Dale. I'll bet you loved buying all those -AN fittings 
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No problem Ron… all I can say is that I am very glad to be done with the dry sump plumbing… It took me over three weeks in my spare time to do all the plumbing. There were times when It just didn't seem possible to fit all the lines... but I stuck with it and in the end it worked out. I spent several thousand dollars on the tank, hoses, and AN fittings. The 16 AN fittings and stainless braided hose is very expensive.
“Pure Function” almost sounds like it could be my car build name.
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Originally Posted by Sieg
Looks great Dale.
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Thank you Sieg
Going from a cast iron gen 1 small block with aluminum heads, cast iron PS pump, and full size steel starter….. to the aluminum LS block, KRC light weight PS pump, and mini starter, I was able to reduce the weight of the engine by over 90 LB.
The difference in weight between the Muncie 4 speed (85 LB) and T56 Magnum (115 LB) six speed is approx 30 LBS… so overall I reduced the total weight of the car by about 60 LBS and shifted the weight back some.
I don't have the weight of the car with the old set up... but I did weigh the car with the new LS engine and T56 transmission. The total weight with fuel was 3,470 LB... front 1,840 LB and rear 1,630 LB (53% front, 47% rear). Do you know the weight on your car?