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Old 09-01-2015, 03:21 AM   #130
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Re: Adopting a Suburban Carryall, The Seahorse

Got the quadrajet hooked up, coolant refilled, fuel line and filter installed, PCV hoses arranged, divorced choke set up and idle mixture screws set at 2.5 turns out. She fired right up and warmed up. Next set dwell, timing and idle and she purrs. Swapped out spark plugs but still need to swap the wires. Its a bit of a pain in the butt on the 327 because of the way the front cylinder wires run between the motor mounts and the block. Also need to put the vacuum gauge on it and tweak the idle mixture screws a bit.

Its got nice power for a little mouse motor! Scoots the heavy burb pretty well, but then again the gearing is low. It'll do nicely with the overdrive of an NV4500 someday.

All I need to do is cut the extra length off of the u-bolts and torque them. Then re-bleed the master and its good to go as a daily driver! Actually it is probably going to get parked for a while so I can refocus on my pickup.
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