Andy said, "LET THERE BE TORQUE!" (longhorn update) - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Longhorn Man · 05-27-2003, 07:27 PM

Well, I had the wife help pull the longhorn up into the drive the other night, she pulled in the GMC making lots of noise, smoke, and she left a rather impressive 'happy mark' most they way up the drive. (Sometimes she makes me so proud)
I guess I did it just in time, becouse it turns out the local police have been ticketing all vehicles on the road for more than 24 hrs, or not registered, or parked backwards. Mine's been sitting there for 3 weeks (or so) and has 1970 tags that are basicly fictitious. (yup, had to look up that word) Anyways, the following morning, a cruiser pulled up and looked at the Longhorn up in the drive, and then ran the numbers on the GMC which was parked on the curb, but the pipes were still ticking from heat since I had just gotten home not even 3 min before. Looks like some one finally complained.
Bummer I beat them to the punch, well, bummer for them anyways.
So, with the Blazer rusting in the good ole 'junk yard in the sky', (took it to the local yard last weekend) I have time to mess with the 'horn.
I did a little this, and a little that, but I am getting impatient, and want to hear the dang thing make some noise. I figured pipes can wait, the time has come.
I grab the fire ext just in case, and dumped a little go-go juice into the beast's throat. I hit the key and I am rewarded with nothing, just cranking over. So i go and plug in the power wire to the HEI (forgot to turn off the ignition switch) and I was rewarded with the engine kicking backwards a little...but it was enough to make me almost crap my pants.
I try it again and it hardly cranks over. So I back the timing down a hair and grab the charger. Hooked it up and sat down for a smoke and a dew while it charges.
So then I hit the key again...and I am rewarded with the same, slowly cranking over. So I backed it down a bit more...actually I moved all the wires over one position and put the distributor back where it was originally. I reach in, kinda starting to get a little bummed out that she didn't fire on the first crank.
WOAH NELLIE!!!!! That beast leapt to life making more noise than a frikken pro stock car does at 10,000 RPM. Well, maybe it wasn't that loud, but my son who was doing his home work sure thought so.
It settled to an idle of about 1100 (the choke was still on) and sounded meaner than my wife after I been drinking and roaming the town. I goosed it once and then killed her remembering I don't have a rad in it yet.
I really need to get a rad in there.

So now, things I need to do...
hook up the oil pressure guage...
figure why the volt guage don't come up whe iots running...
get some pipes under there...
And get a rad plumbed in there.

There's more that needs done, but that'll get it to where I can tune the pig.

Life is good.

I'm happier than a puppy with two peckers...

FRENCHBLUE72 · 05-27-2003, 07:43 PM

Sweet can't wait to get mine fired should be soon ,but not soon enough!!!!!

**Palf70Step** · 05-27-2003, 07:46 PM

Isn't it great to hear them finally kick over...even when they are a 6 popper like mine. Was wondering where you were with it Andy. Glad to hear.(u 2 I guess) it's getting closer.

*racedvl* · 05-27-2003, 09:56 PM

Andy!!!! That's frigging AWESOME!!!!! I want that pig running by the end of this week!!!

krue · 05-27-2003, 10:09 PM

Good deal man, especially avoiding the long arm of the law!

**jamie72** · 05-27-2003, 10:42 PM

andy i know how you feel i just,today got tags for my blazer,even thou its not all done yet,but after THIS weekend she`ll real close....i know how that puppy feels

good luck

Longhorn Man · 05-27-2003, 11:33 PM

Now if the rain will only stop for more than 30 min at a time...I might be set.
A guy from work is gonna check to see if there is a rad laying around in one of his shops to loan me. As soon as I ditch the GMC a new 4 core will be going in there.

GMC71k20 · 05-27-2003, 11:38 PM

thats sweet, cant wait too see some smokey burn out pics. whenyou letting the GMC go?

Longhorn Man · 05-27-2003, 11:39 PM

BTW, Jason, you got that yellow motor in there yet?

**Yukon Jack** · 05-28-2003, 10:41 AM

Fun reading, glad to get an update!

**nightmare** · 05-28-2003, 10:57 AM

that's cool andy. i finally got my gmc to a point to where it'll run nicely. i'm surprised that the cops haven't been called on me yet. no exhaust pipes past the manifold makes it like a top fuel dragster. loud as all get out, and 20 foot tire tracks from a 3/4 ton pickup with 9.50 x 16.5 mud grips. i couldn't believe that that big thing could do that type of take off. anyhow, good luck with it.

griesel72 · 05-28-2003, 02:23 PM

longhornmail,

You ought to be a writer, I could get a very good visual of what your weekend activities were.

crazy longhorn · 05-28-2003, 03:11 PM

bet it felt good to hear that old gal running

crazyL

Longhorn Man · 05-28-2003, 07:22 PM

GMC71k20, the GMC will remain my daily driver untill i know the Longhorn is dependable. I can't afford to be sitting on the side of the road. I need this pig to be dead on right. Plus, I am hoping for some $$ to fall from the sky so i can paint the turd and get a whole bunch more longhorn spending money out of it.

Smokeys will be as soon as I can gt it on the road and to the shop...private property and the owner does them on the lot him self!

griesel72, That is one of the many many dreams I have is to write automotive type articles...like for hot ron or car craft. If I ever get the chance to go back to school, that is what it will be for. I have submited a couple freelance articles to a few mags, but they all respond telling me I am close, but still a little rough around the edges.

crazy longhorn. you have no idea how good it felt..well, you probably do know, but still....

Baradium · 05-28-2003, 08:09 PM

Nothing like bringing a vehicle back to life!

Longhorn Man · 05-28-2003, 11:37 PM

heh heh heh yup...3 times now too.
It is still a sitting eye sore, but it makes real neat sounds now!

*racedvl* · 05-28-2003, 11:54 PM

No, I have not started the swap as of yet. But I was able to drive my 69 today anyhow. . . . .

If I don't swap to disks, (btw, I don't think I have a front end to do it anyhow) once I start the swap, I don't think it will take anymore than 2 weekends. . . .

Longhorn Man · 05-29-2003, 12:04 AM

What do you mean you don't think you have the disc front end anymore?
You either do have it, or you don't.
Or did you leave it at the old place before buying the house?

*racedvl* · 05-29-2003, 11:46 PM

Well, TJ was gonna give me the one he got from Randy, but now looks like that actually might be getting installed on his 68. No big deal. But ya know what was really cool??? Driving the 69 to work today. . .

Longhorn Man · 05-30-2003, 12:48 AM

It is cool isn't it?
It gets old though sometimes. Esp when your in a hurry and you need to gas up and everyone at the dang station wants to talk to you or try to buy it for 500 bucks...ect.

05-27-2003, 07:27 PM	#1
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Andy said, "LET THERE BE TORQUE!" (longhorn update) Well, I had the wife help pull the longhorn up into the drive the other night, she pulled in the GMC making lots of noise, smoke, and she left a rather impressive 'happy mark' most they way up the drive. (Sometimes she makes me so proud) I guess I did it just in time, becouse it turns out the local police have been ticketing all vehicles on the road for more than 24 hrs, or not registered, or parked backwards. Mine's been sitting there for 3 weeks (or so) and has 1970 tags that are basicly fictitious. (yup, had to look up that word) Anyways, the following morning, a cruiser pulled up and looked at the Longhorn up in the drive, and then ran the numbers on the GMC which was parked on the curb, but the pipes were still ticking from heat since I had just gotten home not even 3 min before. Looks like some one finally complained. Bummer I beat them to the punch, well, bummer for them anyways. So, with the Blazer rusting in the good ole 'junk yard in the sky', (took it to the local yard last weekend) I have time to mess with the 'horn. I did a little this, and a little that, but I am getting impatient, and want to hear the dang thing make some noise. I figured pipes can wait, the time has come. I grab the fire ext just in case, and dumped a little go-go juice into the beast's throat. I hit the key and I am rewarded with nothing, just cranking over. So i go and plug in the power wire to the HEI (forgot to turn off the ignition switch) and I was rewarded with the engine kicking backwards a little...but it was enough to make me almost crap my pants. I try it again and it hardly cranks over. So I back the timing down a hair and grab the charger. Hooked it up and sat down for a smoke and a dew while it charges. So then I hit the key again...and I am rewarded with the same, slowly cranking over. So I backed it down a bit more...actually I moved all the wires over one position and put the distributor back where it was originally. I reach in, kinda starting to get a little bummed out that she didn't fire on the first crank. WOAH NELLIE!!!!! That beast leapt to life making more noise than a frikken pro stock car does at 10,000 RPM. Well, maybe it wasn't that loud, but my son who was doing his home work sure thought so. It settled to an idle of about 1100 (the choke was still on) and sounded meaner than my wife after I been drinking and roaming the town. I goosed it once and then killed her remembering I don't have a rad in it yet. I really need to get a rad in there. So now, things I need to do... hook up the oil pressure guage... figure why the volt guage don't come up whe iots running... get some pipes under there... And get a rad plumbed in there. There's more that needs done, but that'll get it to where I can tune the pig. Life is good. I'm happier than a puppy with two peckers...

05-27-2003, 07:43 PM	#2
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,608	Sweet can't wait to get mine fired should be soon ,but not soon enough!!!!! __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

05-27-2003, 07:46 PM	#3
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,083	Isn't it great to hear them finally kick over...even when they are a 6 popper like mine. Was wondering where you were with it Andy. Glad to hear.(u 2 I guess) it's getting closer. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

05-27-2003, 10:09 PM	#5
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Good deal man, especially avoiding the long arm of the law! __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

05-27-2003, 10:42 PM	#6
jamie72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: madison indiana Posts: 3,839	andy i know how you feel i just,today got tags for my blazer,even thou its not all done yet,but after THIS weekend she`ll real close....i know how that puppy feels good luck __________________ jamie72 72 BB cheyenne -- Restoration getting started.. member #807 http://www.myspace.com/whitetailobsession www.antlertalk.com

05-27-2003, 09:56 PM	#4
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Andy!!!! That's frigging AWESOME!!!!! I want that pig running by the end of this week!!!

05-27-2003, 11:33 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Now if the rain will only stop for more than 30 min at a time...I might be set. A guy from work is gonna check to see if there is a rad laying around in one of his shops to loan me. As soon as I ditch the GMC a new 4 core will be going in there.

05-27-2003, 11:38 PM	#8
GMC71k20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: mass Posts: 1,277	thats sweet, cant wait too see some smokey burn out pics. whenyou letting the GMC go?

05-27-2003, 11:39 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	BTW, Jason, you got that yellow motor in there yet?

05-28-2003, 10:41 AM	#10
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Fun reading, glad to get an update! __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

05-28-2003, 02:23 PM	#12
griesel72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Howard, Kansas USA Posts: 1,997	longhornmail, You ought to be a writer, I could get a very good visual of what your weekend activities were. __________________ 1969 K10 Custom 10 1997 Z71 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 2006 King Ranch 1980 Wife

05-28-2003, 03:11 PM	#13
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,402	bet it felt good to hear that old gal running crazyL __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

05-28-2003, 07:22 PM	#14
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	GMC71k20, the GMC will remain my daily driver untill i know the Longhorn is dependable. I can't afford to be sitting on the side of the road. I need this pig to be dead on right. Plus, I am hoping for some $$ to fall from the sky so i can paint the turd and get a whole bunch more longhorn spending money out of it. Smokeys will be as soon as I can gt it on the road and to the shop...private property and the owner does them on the lot him self! griesel72, That is one of the many many dreams I have is to write automotive type articles...like for hot ron or car craft. If I ever get the chance to go back to school, that is what it will be for. I have submited a couple freelance articles to a few mags, but they all respond telling me I am close, but still a little rough around the edges. crazy longhorn. you have no idea how good it felt..well, you probably do know, but still....

05-28-2003, 08:09 PM	#15
Baradium Binder Rep Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Salcha, AK Posts: 1,506	Nothing like bringing a vehicle back to life!

05-28-2003, 11:37 PM	#16
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	heh heh heh yup...3 times now too. It is still a sitting eye sore, but it makes real neat sounds now!



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05-28-2003, 11:54 PM	#17
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	No, I have not started the swap as of yet. But I was able to drive my 69 today anyhow. . . . . If I don't swap to disks, (btw, I don't think I have a front end to do it anyhow) once I start the swap, I don't think it will take anymore than 2 weekends. . . .

05-29-2003, 12:04 AM	#18
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	What do you mean you don't think you have the disc front end anymore? You either do have it, or you don't. Or did you leave it at the old place before buying the house?

05-29-2003, 11:46 PM	#19
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Well, TJ was gonna give me the one he got from Randy, but now looks like that actually might be getting installed on his 68. No big deal. But ya know what was really cool??? Driving the 69 to work today. . .

05-30-2003, 12:48 AM	#20
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	It is cool isn't it? It gets old though sometimes. Esp when your in a hurry and you need to gas up and everyone at the dang station wants to talk to you or try to buy it for 500 bucks...ect.

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