Chris's 66 Chevelle upgrade

[kwhizz]

Got the Modules mounted and out of the way...... The mountain of wires are slowly disappearing......

[dhutton]

Hi Ken. What is this box connected to the heater hoses? A bypass? Thanks.

Don

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by dhutton

Hi Ken. What is this box connected to the heater hoses? A bypass? Thanks.

Don

The stock GM setup has the coolant flow continually running thru the heater core with the return line providing flow over the backside of the thermostat so it knows what the temp of the engine is..... with the Vintage air A/C in the car and the heater is off it shuts off the flow and the coolant isn't allowed to flow back across the heat sensing side of the thermostat ....... The block is a by-pass that allows that function to continue as per factory design........it still works without the block installed but it is thru convection rather than coolant flow as factory

[dhutton]

Found it if anyone else is interested.

https://www.lojkits.com/products/ls-...r-bypass-block

Don

[RKROEGER]

Ken, we have an Impala with factory A/C and a LS3 swap. Would we benefit from the hose bypass?
Thanks

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by RKROEGER

Ken, we have an Impala with factory A/C and a LS3 swap. Would we benefit from the hose bypass?
Thanks

Don't think it's a necessity but if GM designed the system that way I feel they had a good reason to do it......

https://www.lojkits.com/products/ls-...r-bypass-block


Ken

[1965_SS]

Hey Ken,

Another great Chevelle build! Looks great. Sorry you had the converter problem, that sucks.

I'm running the Vaporworx tank like that. Is that a pressure sensor or something coming off that fuel line? What's that hook up to? I don't have that.

Thanks

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by 1965_SS

Hey Ken,

Another great Chevelle build! Looks great. Sorry you had the converter problem, that sucks.

I'm running the Vaporworx tank like that. Is that a pressure sensor or something coming off that fuel line? What's that hook up to? I don't have that.

Thanks

If you are talking about where it goes into the fuel rail that is a inline Filter that I had and decided to put it on.......

[kwhizz]

Been a while since a update...... Got everything hooked up and wired in the engine compartment....... Next we have to pull the Dash out of the car for the Dakota Digital Gage conversion and adding the modules.....Still waiting for the Hydra-Boost system to arrive for completion........ The wiring in the Engine compartment has mostly been cleaned up enough to be presentable without cutting up the GM harness.......Here are some new pictures......

[andrewb70]

Looks like you will be ready to fire it up soon!

Andrew