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Old 11-16-2009, 08:25 PM   #1
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Talking Brown Santa

Showed up today. Pretty psyched to work on the truck.
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:31 PM   #2
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Looks like a fun few days! It's amazing how many dollars worth of parts fit in one small box.
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:47 PM   #3
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Old 11-16-2009, 09:23 PM   #4
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Yah, I'm looking forward to this. Cant remember the last time I had to use my torque wrench.
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Old 11-16-2009, 09:50 PM   #5
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torque wrench, what's that? I just tighten 'til it creaks!

nice stuff Sin, looks like the ol' girl is getting a nice little upgrade! I can imagine you'll get a bit of a mileage boost too with the Edelbrock?
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Old 11-16-2009, 09:55 PM   #6
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Lol, Hey Doug. I just couldn't take looking at the greasy mess under my hood anymore. Compression tested good, so I said why not. An increase in mileage would be a bonus.
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Old 11-16-2009, 10:08 PM   #7
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Looks like you got a little can of gasga-cinch there too....that's good stuff!
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:03 AM   #8
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Very juicy present! You're gonna love those shocks.
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:15 AM   #9
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Cool - I'm gonna treat my '67 to a new intake and carb in a while - throw the old carb on the Longhorn. That dang Longhorn is growing on me. It's like a lost puppy that just hangs around.
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Old 11-17-2009, 12:40 AM   #10
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Cool is that a th400 pan with a drain plug?
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Old 11-17-2009, 07:51 AM   #11
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Looks like you got a little can of gasga-cinch there too....that's good stuff!
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Very juicy present! You're gonna love those shocks.
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Cool is that a th400 pan with a drain plug?
Hey Scott, yup, some Gaskacinch, usually use a dab of RTV, wanted to try it.
Some Board members suggested GR2's for a softer ride, but I'd already ordered the Gasajusts. Gonna run em and see. SKB doesn't list a rear GR-2 for a 3/4 ton with coils anyway. Yup, Th-400 pan with a drain, have to change out my detent solenoid, so I thought I'd go for some bling.
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Old 11-17-2009, 09:17 AM   #12
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nothing beats the big brown santa
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Old 11-17-2009, 09:33 AM   #13
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:43 PM   #14
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Cool, so where did you order the pan and how much did it set you back? If you don't mind me asking.
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:48 PM   #15
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$26 from Summit.
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Cool and with the drain plug too that's not bad. Thx, I'm gonna go get one.
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Old 11-19-2009, 02:46 PM   #17
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That is a great price for the pan! I've added one on my list now. Just remember to scuff the mounting surface real good before installing it. Chrome doesn't seal very well, and this will help prevent leaks. A good quality seal and that gasgacinch, and you should not have to worry about any leaks on the new bling.
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Old 11-19-2009, 02:57 PM   #18
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Should have went with the Qjet
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Old 11-19-2009, 03:01 PM   #19
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I would have, but I've had good luck with Edelbrocks in the past, and it was a remanufactured one at a price that couldn't be beat. $100 cheaper then the Quadrajet. Plus I'm gonna be running a squarebore intake.
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Old 11-19-2009, 04:44 PM   #20
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I have to admit I did not know what "Brown Santa" meant and thought this thread was going to be about something totally different. My bad.

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Old 11-19-2009, 04:46 PM   #21
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UPS = "Brown Santa"
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Gotcha. I could think of a million jokes, none of which would be appropriate for this section of the forum.
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Old 11-19-2009, 06:57 PM   #23
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I would have, but I've had good luck with Edelbrocks in the past, and it was a remanufactured one at a price that couldn't be beat. $100 cheaper then the Quadrajet. Plus I'm gonna be running a squarebore intake.
x2 on the Edelbrock

Here is another Brown Santa for you Mclairmo....Howdee Ho!

You could ask him for some buddy buckets for Christmas.
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Old 11-20-2009, 02:40 AM   #24
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I like the q-jets and the edelbrocks both. The edelbrock is way easier to tune and seldom give any trouble. But I haven't quite been able to match the top end performance of the q-jets.

And............. they sound cool......................

q-jet secondaries give me a hard**

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Old 11-20-2009, 07:39 AM   #25
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Was Santa brown or was his sleigh?Looks like you`ve been a nice boy.Santa doesn`t give naughty boys stuff like that.
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