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Old 09-13-2019, 11:43 PM   #671
RockTonka
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Re: Our "What are we going to do?" 66 Suburban Build

Thanks GB, it'll be nice to have another burb running around here.


We pulled the tranny out and sent it to BTE to be gone through. We think that the TC was too loose...made a lot of heat! Nothing let go, but the fluid got really hot...better to be safe than sorry.

So...about that heat! The engine flat out gets HOT...rad is too small and the current fans are insufficient. I've been talking to CBR about some custom made options and we will be hogging out the rad support to see just how much rad we can stuff in there! We'll also be going with one of their fan cooled tranny coolers...as big as we can fit.

The rear coil springs from CPP on their HD coilover kit were way to soft at 350lb...brought in some Eibach 450lb coils...they're better, but we don't have any run time on them yet.

This big engine shat is getting to be a PITA...
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