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Man! That is on very wicked truck! I would so love to have your talents!

That's going to be one hell of a traffic stopper!

:chevy: :chevy: :chevy:

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I've had good luck with the Edelbrock / AFB but a Holley is winner too. I'd go either way, whichever you can muster a better deal on. Just make sure she's clean and calibrated as it came out of the box.

Here's what I'm hoping to do...

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ae...o-bk/overview/

With an automatic you may want to stick with the vacuum secondaries though.

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Thanks Aussie! I appreciate the compliments. Nice thing about a build thread is I can edit out all the screw ups I make. Lol. Nobody hears the cussing or sees the flying tools when it doesn't work out the first time.

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I've been out of the carb thing too long I guess... Never heard of an AED. Looks to be modelled after a Holley. I'm eyeballing the edelbrock AVS series friend of mine has a new Holley on his '70 nova... And loves it. And he used to curse them up and down. Lol.

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I believe Edelbrock bought out Carter who made AFB.

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Yup, the Edelbrock Performer is a re-badged Carter AFB. The "AVS" is adjustable vacuum secondaries, which will work sweet in your truck. Depending on your usage, they've got two or three sizes. I would go big, especially with your CID and kool heads. All you would probably need to do is set the idle and idle air then adjust the secondary opening. Should be pretty spot-on out of the box in terms of jetting. Most people that fiddle with jetting are usually just trying to cover up some other deficiency like a mis-matched cam, lame ignition, wrong gear / stall, etc...

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I was gonna go with the 750 AVS(minimum)... 3.73 gears with ratcheting spool, reprogrammed th400 with 2800 stall, 383 with the AFR heads. Cam has .496/520 lift @ 224/234 duration @.50. Should work well I'm thinkin.

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Decided I'd polish up the wiper arms and slam them on. Test fired the wiper before install... Ran nice, parked like it should. (Or so I thought). Installed the arms... Turned the switch on it dragged my wipers down the cowl and heading for the hood. (Insert hissy fit here). Thank god no scratches or damage. Never dawned on me I might have the motor eccentric arm 180 out... Ugh. Off with the arms, cowl, rotate the arm 180. Seems to work as it should now.

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At least the hissy fit involved no damage. But i bet the ticker jumped off beat a couple times!

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Wipers are fun :lol:

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awesome build ! congrats!

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Thanks! The Inlaws are comin tomorrow. See their old shop logo on the truck for the first time. (And the truck painted/assembled) I hope all goes well... Lol. Thanks again.

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The man, the business and the truck.....

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:metal:

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congrats on the build! have to drive down and see it in person sometime!

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I guess the big question is ...... Whats next?????? :)

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I grabbed all the engine brackets, pulleys, 7 blade clutch fan and accessories of a truck at the local wrecker. (1980 V8 chev truck). Bring them home and the water pump pulley touches the water pump when tightened. Won't spin. Ugh... I have a long neck water pump on my engine... I assumed 1980 would be the same. Compared part numbers from my engine to the donor on rockauto... They're different. Must be difference in the shape of the casting I guess. Pulleys all seem to line up well... It just touches the casting

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looks like I bought my next project today... gonna build a summer driver for the wife out of this.

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a great gift:metal:
I hope your wife liked it

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Nice! But i was hoping you'd say Swamp Rats 67! LOL!

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Hey, that's a hatchback. I had one of those for my first car. I've only seen a handfull of hatchbacks. '73 or '74?

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Its a '73 hatch... 350,auto, buckets and console. Wife is stoked..lol. Got side tracked for a day hammering up an anniversary present for the wife.. This started off as 3" copper pipe and 1/4" copper tubing. (and some wheat from my field)

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Draggin the nova home tomorrow morning

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Well... got the wifes car home. Among other parts packed inside the car were almost 3 complete black interiors. Bucket and bench seats in near perfect condition. Set of new trac bars, new rockers, new carpet, extra fender and rear bumper, custom and SS interior parts. A replacement tail panel and spare rad cradle. Floors rock solid from front to back.

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... and a new fiberglass cowl hood.

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Nice work on the copper rose! I'd wish you luck with the new project but i know you don't need any luck, it will be done long before my truck will I'll bet! :)

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Thanks... Still have lots to do on the truck before I start the nova. (Good thing wife don't read this) looked like a good project... Couldn't pass it up. Not many decent ones around these parts...

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Cool Nova! What's the plan for it at this point?

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Like that rose. Metal art is great practice for metal working.

Nova = nice addition

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Thanks guys...I hope to make some purists scream again. Orange '73 nova hatch with black yenko stripes! Lol. Could I do it better? Hahah. Want to tuck the bumpers in and play with the grille.

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Awesome progress on the truck! It looks great. Looks like your hands are full with other projects too.

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Grabbin some parts today for the truck from the local scrap yard... Came across this "gem". Lol

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that is a great idea! you didn't happen to make up any spares did you? i sure would like to have one for my '71. i hate how the hood comes up.

nice job on the resto!! is there anything you can't do???

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That's a pretty nice looking grill. Did you grab it?

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Jest read through the build. Truck looks Awesome! The white on the hood and gate look great! Well done Bud!:metal:

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Thank you! I just hauled my last 6 starter cores to scrap... And have got 3 requests on the hood spring since. Ugh.

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I didn't grab it... Likely should have. Was ticked off at the time tryin to find a driveshaft. Every one was bent from the forklift movin them around.

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Thanks! This close and it seems like I have less time to finish it now. Was hoping to drive it this summer. Not lookin good.

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Soooooo... another progress update another beer. not much. Finally picked up a carb for the truck. 1407 750 eddy. Elec choke kit en route. Guy I bought it from said less than 100 miles.. he purchased it to get a project home that had no carb. Said it was too much carb for the car. Flipped it over and found a 4/2 barrel adapter. I said "you had this on a 2 barrel intake!?"..... (his face goes red here) Figured he was full of it and expected a rebuild. Nope. Wasnt BS'n. Inside float chambers still shiny.Cleaned it anyway, reassembled and slammed it on the truck. 2 words here.... nitrous oxide. 'nuff said. (was itchin to get that on)

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Took a walk around the local scrap yard. Grabbed a set of Ford windstar elec fans and a thermostat housing off an early 90's chev TBI 350. (liked the straight up hose look) The new upper rad hose I used is off the same model truck. Trimmed about 3" off a where it meets the stat housing. (molded bend)I like the fit. Yanked a mini gear drive starter from a late 90's 350 vortec while I was out there. Pulled all brackets/accessories off an early 80's V8, bought new water pump to match, and a new 78 amp alternator off a 1984 pontiac parisienne.