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Originally Posted by Jake Wade
We need a review on the engine upgrades and transmission.
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engine runs strong, got it idling at about 750 RPM with 12* degrees advance,
still runs a bit hot but that's because I am still running only water, will drain and fill up with coolant tomorrow and report back - remember I could not screw in my water temp sensor in the Vortec head as it is too large for the hole, so I screwed it in the intake manifold and am reading the temp off of the intake manifold, just an FYI
transmission shifts good, getting used to actually starting in First Gear, which is Up and away from you, instead of always starting in Second Gear (down and towards you) and avoiding the Granny Low on the SM465 Muncie, the (3.09:1) first gear seems about the same as the Muncie Second (3.58:1) my
speedo cable is too short so I don't know how fast I am going vs RPMs, will pick up a longer speedo cable tomorrow as well
Flowmaster Series 40s
exhaust sounds fine, not too loud at all
the stock GM shifter stick feels about 3 inches too short, and I have long arms, I do sit with the bench seat all the way back though
more as the news develops