1966 Impala update

[waynieZ]

Ken what date will they be in Daytona Beach, and will there be somewhere to see the cars?

[kwhizz]

https://barrettjacksonroadtours.com/


For Security reasons that info will be given out when we start the Tour


Ken

[pro66tour]

Originally Posted by kwhizz

The Evolution continues.......When the car was finished 5 years ago, I installed the Dakota Digital Instrument cluster available at the time......As with everything, product development moves on....Since then they have developed and improved their product.........they also came out with a module that plugs into the OBD plug and feeds all the info to the cluster from the ECM directly.......Pretty neat stuff......Here are the latest changes.......

Old Cluster



New Set-up........

Looking real good!

[Bakaruda]

Agree the new cluster is much nicer.

[kwhizz]

A little late for the rest of the Story....... But better late than never as this might help somebody else in this situation......So.... After installing the Edelbrock Supercharger, I put 15,000 trouble free miles on the car...even with only 6 lbs of boost the car was a ball to drive with the added Torque........So... In July of last year we were driving to Des Moines, Iowa for the Good-Guys show......I was driving on I-80 around 80 MPH and all of a sudden I lose power steering and the engine went into Limp home mode.......WTF...... I coast over to the side of the Highway and open the hood......Here's what I see

The Pulley broke off the water pump......... Hummmm !!!!.........




I called Mark Stielow and sent him a picture and asked him if he had ever seen this before........ He asked me what car that was off of and I told him the Impala......Then he Educates me on the Edelbrock single belt drive set-up..... He explained that all the torque of turning the supercharger is transfered to the belt wrap around the water pump pulley....... Once he told me that it made perfect sense...... Then I wondered why Edelbrock didn't have any reference to this in their instructions...... So..... I go on their website and I see they are now selling a replacement pump with heavy duty bearings and a Flanged pump shaft with a bolt on Billet Pulley.....



So... I told Mark about the pump and said I ordered one..... Then he tells me the same pressure was put thru the Power Steering Pump and I should order one of the TurnOne Power Steering Pumps that are designed to absorb the pressure ..... Put all the new stuff on and I now have the confidence to drive the car across the country again........LOL

[Ketzer]

I already clicked the thanks button but wanted to comment how great follow-up and trouble shooting posts are... so Thanks!!



Jeff-

[ScotI]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

I already clicked the thanks button but wanted to comment how great follow-up and trouble shooting posts are... so Thanks!!



Jeff-

x2. Especially for those not in 'the circle'.

[waynieZ]

Thanks for the update Ken.

[Che70velle]

Great info to have Ken. Appreciate the update.

[kwhizz]

So..... The engine in the car is a perfectly stock 2006 GTO LS2 with the added Edelbrock supercharger........ Because of the higher compression in these engines Edelbrock has the pulleys configured to only make 6 lbs of boost .....Other than the pulley breaking off the water pump I have about 16000 miles on this set-up....... So.. last Saturday I went out to the drag strip and made just one pass on the car just the way I have been driving it ....................12.25 @ 115 mph........ LS engines "ROCK" !!!!!!!!!