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Got frisky this afternoon. Instead of, you know, getting paid to work I slacked off and did the valvetrain. :D Trick Flow 1.6 stud mount rockers all preloaded in.

 

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Modeling my valve covers to protect the hotness until tomorrow...

 

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Really is. Could always get a set of these... :D

 

Those are neat too lol. I would be worried they would get brittle over time though.

 

She is definitely becoming more race car lol. If memory serves me correctly, mine use to have a sweet spot around 13-14 degrees timing for what it's worth.

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She is definitely becoming more race car lol. If memory serves me correctly, mine use to have a sweet spot around 13-14 degrees timing for what it's worth.

 

Yea, this is Dyno Brian's recommended starting point. Since he's gonna be tuning it. :D

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Yea, this is Dyno Brian's recommended starting point. Since he's gonna be tuning it. :D

 

Right, it is a safe place to start. Brian is a wiz with the ol' 5.0L lol. He use to tune my cousins 86 gt. We had it set up with a 347 stroker, novi 2000 supercharger, and a shit ton of nitrous :lol:

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We had it set up with a 347 stroker, novi 2000 supercharger, and a shit ton of nitrous :lol:

 

Maybe next year... ;) Actually, once I get this built and running well I'll do gears and a roll bar next spring, then a blower.

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Welp, that's it. I lost the race....

 

You, too, can completely derelict your work duties to spend time on building race car. :D Sadly, I am traveling essentially every week for the next 6 weeks, so we'll see how much time I have left. Hence the push to get this done -- my clients are gonna get a pound of flesh out of me the next month or so, and I couldn't leave without getting that engine together.

 

Damn that’s a lotta shiny...

 

Every time ya' come around my city...

 

Got a little more progress yesterday. Headers bolted up to the exhaust, GOD DAMN FUCKING oil dipstick FINALLY in which wasted nearly 2 fucking hours. Garage cleaned. Eibach sway bars in :D and some engine odds and ends in. Getting down to major systems now -- A/C, charging, cooling, etc.

 

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Wee progress. 30# fuel injectors and Aeromotive AFPR in, spark plugs in, O2 sensors changed, headers bolted up to H pipe, headlight pigtails for one piece headlights soldered on, and got organized for starting the accessory systems. Going out of town for a week and a half :( so this is it for a bit.

 

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Wee more progress. Starting to hide the bling behind accessories. Some day I might take the brackets back off and have them powdercoated but I kept forgetting and now I just want to finish up. Power steering pump and A/C compressor on, and a few bits you can't see.

 

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Got some mo' progress.

 

Alternator bracket and 3G alternator in (still need to do wiring), 134a A/C condenser, SVE aluminum radiator, and SVE electric fans in. I have a really nifty one piece radiator hold down brace too but it didn't work with the electric fans out of the box. Will revisit that later.

 

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Kinda pissing the wife off now... BUT.

 

Got the electric fans completely wired in... and all of the other wiring done -- everything tucks nicely under the factory wiring cover -- fuel pump, 3G alternator, and fans. Some more cleanup and general "plugging shit back in" and the hoses set up. Already hating that I used the worm clamps from the hose kit, should have bought wormless clamps. Will revisit. Plenty of cloth tape used for that factory look.

 

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Test fit under the cover...

 

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Fans from a good angle

 

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Almost looks like an engine again...

 

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Lots of little odds and ends yet, but only big things left are the upper intake (prepped and ready to bolt on already), A/C lines, and vac lines.

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