Projected horsepower
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yes exactly and ikr, the crazy part is this use to be an extremely reliable truck. Ive driven it on 11 hour 1 way road trips before and it never missed a beat. Also I've done way to much work and had way to long of nights turning wrenches on this truck to give up now, I wouldn't be doing myself or the truck justice if I gave up now. I'm dedicated to making a 10 second pass in this truck.
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Being turbo'd isn't going to make it unreliable, once you get this worked out . Mine is running 10.7s regularly now and I drove it 22hrs / 1200 miles each way on a trip this summer on 87 octane even , nothing more than drain the catch can on each end of the trip , also done 2 HRPT with it turbo'd which end up being 3500 miles door to door in a week - no issues. You will be enjoying it soon
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Being turbo'd isn't going to make it unreliable, once you get this worked out . Mine is running 10.7s regularly now and I drove it 22hrs / 1200 miles each way on a trip this summer on 87 octane even , nothing more than drain the catch can on each end of the trip , also done 2 HRPT with it turbo'd which end up being 3500 miles door to door in a week - no issues. You will be enjoying it soon
Totally agree with GMCGreg, on my last turbo car I spent a full year driving the car here and there finding all the little issues that pop up when you modify a car to large extent like turbo charging.
Once all the little things were addressed, some turned into big things like clutches, transmissions and gear changes but afterwards the car was very reliable.
My son and I would go on long cruises all the time and every time I drove it alone, I drove it like I stole it lol.
As long as you don't lean on it too hard, you'll get the longevity and reliability you're looking for.
Once all the little things were addressed, some turned into big things like clutches, transmissions and gear changes but afterwards the car was very reliable.
My son and I would go on long cruises all the time and every time I drove it alone, I drove it like I stole it lol.
As long as you don't lean on it too hard, you'll get the longevity and reliability you're looking for.
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Totally agree with GMCGreg, on my last turbo car I spent a full year driving the car here and there finding all the little issues that pop up when you modify a car to large extent like turbo charging.
Once all the little things were addressed, some turned into big things like clutches, transmissions and gear changes but afterwards the car was very reliable.
My son and I would go on long cruises all the time and every time I drove it alone, I drove it like I stole it lol.
As long as you don't lean on it too hard, you'll get the longevity and reliability you're looking for.
Once all the little things were addressed, some turned into big things like clutches, transmissions and gear changes but afterwards the car was very reliable.
My son and I would go on long cruises all the time and every time I drove it alone, I drove it like I stole it lol.
As long as you don't lean on it too hard, you'll get the longevity and reliability you're looking for.
I drove my '67 a lot over 2 summers and fixed a lot of little things, you pretty much just have to bite the bullet and do it. The worst was when I was figuring out radiator fan relay issues. Had to direct wire the fan on to get home one time.
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I'm just waiting on the heads to come back from the machine shop.
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I'll give them a call today, the paperwork said 70 pounds, but at the same time I bought them off my tuner and he keeps all kinds of performance parts in stock at his shop, so possibly they a little shelf life and maybe it changed after he purchased them.
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Heads should be ready by Thursday, I went ahead and moved my intercooler into the front grill. Had to do a little modifying to make everything work but I got it in there. I put the transcooler under the bottom basically inside the front bumper. Besides getting a few 45 degree coupling and 1 90 degree everything pretty much went on fairly smooth. Had to trim a few pieces of the piping and re bevel the ends. Had to remove the hood latch and put pins. There was no way that intercooler was clearing the stock bracket.
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Don't know what else to do with this thing, replaced the damaged head, had them both cut to .040 and the replacement port n polished to match the other. Replaced the piston and rod. Added boost controller and catch can, fired it up and all ran well. Let it run about 30 minutes with a funnel In coolant fill cap all was well. Took it for a spin around the neighborhood, didn't get on the gas as I was nervous too. Arrived home and turned it off and let it cool then went back s few hours and topped off the coolant and gave it a crank with the cap off and once again coolant spraying everywhere just like it did with the blown head gasket, this time I noticed coolant under the valley cover on the front by the water pump. FML, idk what else to do with this thing
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it's a stock ac Delco pump, also thermostat is good, I pulled it and put it in boiling water and it works as it should and it opens when it's on the truck, heater lines are factory. They run from heater core(firewall) to 2 spigot that's beside the thermostat.
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it's not a fill issues, something is wrong that im over looking. I had it all bled and its was doing ok and they it starting spraying water everywhere again out the spigot and my exhaust is moist again and i see coolant under the valley plate