My 1969 Chevelle

[Blown353]

Originally Posted by USAZR1

Troy,how soon will you be upgrading the wheels and steering box?

Not sure Clint, but probably at the end of the local show season (October-November or so.) My current wheels and steering box are working just fine, so I'm in no hurry to change them out. However, I have been known to change out perfectly good parts just because I want something to do.

Started putting in the new injectors tonight; the old injectors were Siemens, the new ones are Delphi. The Delphi injectors are just a smidge taller. Normally this isn't a problem, but in my case the slightly taller injectors pushed the fuel rails up into the bottom of the plenum box. The plenum now sits on top the fuel rails and there's about a .085" gap between the plenum box and the intake runners. The easy way out would be to mill a bit off the top of the fuel rails, unfortunately the fuel rails are already milled a bit on the top, and I don't feel comfortable taking off any more material. So now I have to decide if I want to fab a thin aluminum spacer between the plenum box and the lower intake and end up with thin double gaskets (one on top and one on the bottom of the spacer), or just make a thicker gasket. A thick gasket is the easy solution, but I'm worried about the thick gasket possibly pushing out under boost. I swear, there's no such thing as an easy job.

Troy

[camcojb]

No easy job but I know that the "engineer" in you will come up with a clean solution Troy. That car is a blast to ride in guys, really pulls hard!

Jody

[Steve68]

I love it, needs paint, the ulimate sleeper, I have a red Nova rusty as hell, it dosen't get a second look till you here it run, 468 590/599 245/252@ 50 cam, 10.5 comp, everybody's like Damn, listen to that thing!, it a street car/ drag car.

But I keep reading what you've done to the motor with the Procharger and all, My Camaro will be close to your motor, 383 TPIS mini ram, procharger, 5 or 6 spd, Keep us posted, Steve

[Steve68]

is this board slow??? I haven't seen any activity in days, whats up??????

[XcYZ]

With only 400 members, it goes in cycles. Busy for a few days, then quiet, then busy. At least, that's how it seems to go.

[Steve68]

Ah! small, I just figured there was a secret squirrel code and nobody told me, hahaah, Steve

[Ricochet]

Cool looking car!! Seeing that Jody had some influence I know it hauls ass!! Must be a blast to drive wit hthe stick!!

[Blown353]

Thanks Brent!

Tonight I got tired of waiting and half-assed my IAC plumbing with some rubber hose just so I could get the sucker on the road and drive it again after the injector swap. I'm waiting for 2 new fittings from XRP to fix the IAC the right way but I just couldn't wait another day for them to arrive, so I dug into the hose drawer and cobbled something together.

So far, so good-- On the datalog I saw 80% duty cycle at 6000 rpm with the new 75 lb/hr injectors, which is as high as I took things tonight. Much better than the 120% at 5600 rpm it was asking for with the 55 lb/hr injectors. It was also a tad on the rich side at 10.8:1, so I need to lean things out just a bit. Tomorrow I'll try to wring it out to 6700 or so and see what happens, should be entertaining.

I'll have to get some in and out of car videos soon and post them now that the thing is running properly; I really want to see what the thing looks like from the outside when I do one of my trademark 60 mph rolling burnouts. My friends who have seen it from a trailing vehicle say it's pretty wicked, and I'll admit it's rather fun from behind the wheel.

I need more traction.

[61Bubbletop]

Holy crap is that thing a sleeper!...Awesome car

[Steve Chryssos]

Troy,
It sounds like you're having the time of your life. You are an inspiration. Don't paint it. Put some fat rubber under there, add some supportive seats and call it done.