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Old Apr 14, 2019 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by _Adrenaline_
Thats reassuring, the valve sure feels fine in the seat. I may just lap them for good measure.



Yeah i was considering this, just trying to decide what parts to paint what colors. I was planning on doing the intake and valve covers in wrinkle to hide dirt. I just didn't know if i wanted to paint an Aluminum block, or show it off.
+1 for painting the block Pontiac blue. It looks good in a Firebird, imo



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Old Apr 15, 2019 | 07:44 AM
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+1 for painting the block Pontiac blue. It looks good in a Firebird, imo


Im liking that a lot.
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Old Aug 5, 2019 | 01:18 PM
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I know im terrible at updating build threads. But the engine is in after a few setbacks and life happening in general. Here are a few threads showing my issues over the last few months.

Swap Plate Issues:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...surements.html
I wound up using the ICT plates as far back as possible, so now i have another set of plates to sell i guess.

Holley Terminator X Misunderstanding/First Start:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...minator-x.html
Found out you need to take the SD card out of the Holley Handheld and use the computer software in order to pick stock injectors and a stock MAP sensor.

Power Steering Line Blows Off:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...blows-off.html
Ordered an adapter, should be in today.


Aside from that ive been idle tuning, and i drove it to the car wash yesterday with minimal issues, just no power steering.

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Old Aug 5, 2019 | 03:00 PM
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Too bad you're not closer. With you driving and me tuning it would take just a couple of hours to get the tune sorted out.

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Old Aug 6, 2019 | 05:16 AM
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Too bad you're not closer. With you driving and me tuning it would take just a couple of hours to get the tune sorted out.

Andrew

Yeah, that plus a Dyno would be nice. I am enjoying the Holley Software so much more now that im using a laptop.
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Old Aug 6, 2019 | 07:40 AM
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Yeah, that plus a Dyno would be nice. I am enjoying the Holley Software so much more now that im using a laptop.
I always tell people that if they are not using the live tuning capability of the Holley systems, they are missing out on one of the biggest benefits of the systems.

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