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I've been driving it for the last couple weeks when the heat is not too oppressive. Still have a few kinks to work out. My brakes stop the truck, but lack the power to really stop it to the full extent the Wilwood's should. I am only pulling about 14.6" of vacuum. I have power bled the brakes, manually bled and swapped boosters to see if I can get any improvement. I talked with Wilwood and they said I should go to full manual or hydroboost. I am leaning towards the hydroboost. I've been digging in to them and doing some research. Simple setup, just not cheap. We shall see. Maybe a project for the winter.
I've also got a weird blip in the idle when first starting it up. It idles up to 1700 for a split second and then drops in to it's normal startup routine. It acts like there is a slight vacuum leak. I need to dig in to it and check for leaks. Hopefully something simple. Other than that, just trying to put some miles on it. Went to a car show on Saturday night. Didn't win anything, but had a line of people asking about all aspects of the truck. That was pretty cool. |
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Looks great man. Really enjoy all the detail. Where are you getting your battery cables? What sizes are you using for the main feeds like battery to - ALT, STARTER, ETC. I'm still going through your thread so apologies if you posted this info, I may be jumping ahead of my progress ...
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Positive: 2SD60XA Negative: 2SD45X Alternator to battery is from American Autowire: https://www.americanautowire.com/sho...connection-kit Starter wire was part of the American Autowire body wiring harness. I believe it is 12ga. Same for the bulkhead feed wire from the starter, it is a 10ga. Hope this helps. |
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Keep up the good work sir. :chevy: |
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A little update on my brakes. I swapped the booster for another tuff-stuff unit and low and behold, the brakes are working much better. It's hotter than hades here, so I have only tested a little. I need to re-bleed the brakes. When I slam on the brakes, the front left and rear right lock up (shortest lines on the front and rear systems). So that is promising.
Also picked up a set of TR5's to swap out these AC Delco plugs. Just waiting for it to cool down. We are in our typical inferno season of 95+ 70%+ humidity. |
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We need more engine videos! I loved hearing your dyno pulls. It's motivation to keep me going so I can hear mine some day.
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Sorry, I've been slacking on my build thread. Here are some videos I put together about the build. I've been trying to drive it as much as possible. Went to my hometown car show this past weekend. Didn't win anything, but had a steady stream of people wanting to talk about the truck and the swap. It was wild.
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I was just watching your videos yesterday. What happened when you were doing the burnout and then the eagle call comes in? Choice words?
I'm hoping your randomizer picks me for the injectors giveaway. |
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I've been following along with your videos man. Keep it up. I'm ready to be puckering myself.
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Crazy. I just saw your blue gift to UBT on YouTube. Nice. You selling those shirts?
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Just subbed to you channel, really enjoyed it all. Keep it up! I too am thoroughly ready for some serious puckerage. :lol:
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subbd for future refrence
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Nice build. Enjoying the videos you put up. Sorry if I missed it but what are the wheel/tire specs?
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Afternoon all, just uploading some pictures of how I ran my starting wiring with the Speed Engineering shorty headers. I've had some questions about routing, so I thought I would add some photos.
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