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Old 07-01-2012, 09:45 PM   #41
OneOffStroker
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Re: Stroker's Build (5.3/4L60E in a '69)

I started this thing today!! I had a lot of problems with fuel pressure not making it to the rail, and I was past the point of quitting for the week. Then I went back at it, and found out that I plumbed my Vette regulator wrong. I had the pump output running into the return side, not the supply side. Oops. Quick line swap and she fired right up.
This thing absolutely sounds brutal. It scared the $h!t out of my wife. She thinks it will get me evicted from my neighborhood, and we own our house!! Exhaust is stock manifolds into 2.5" pipe with an X-pipe and turbo mufflers. Same setup as the stock 350, but that was so mild compared to this.
I still have a ton of stuff to do before she moves, but today was a big step for her.

Oh, and my tach wouldn't work at all. I'm going to try to add +12V and a 680ohm resistor into the signal wire to boost it. If that doesn't work, I'll probably have to scrap my custom dash, and that sucks.

Also, my oil pressure dropped to nearly zero at idle and my CEL was on the whole time. Like I said, still have some bugs to work out, but I'll get her on the road soon enough.
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