Prepping for a BBC conversion

[87Lowrider]

Originally Posted by Gordonr1973

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[baclay9]

Do you happen to know what stall you are running. I called Comp and they reccomended the same came you have. Which isn't suprising I guess considering our setups will be similiar.

Where did you order your valves from? Did they come from PBM directly? When it shows the price of the valves is that for a set of 8?

[87Lowrider]

Originally Posted by baclay9

Do you happen to know what stall you are running. I called Comp and they reccomended the same came you have. Which isn't suprising I guess considering our setups will be similiar.

Where did you order your valves from? Did they come from PBM directly? When it shows the price of the valves is that for a set of 8?

I don't know if the stall is on the cam card or not. My guess it would be in the 2500 range though. My brother is a machinist and works just outside of Lousiville, KY. PBM is local for him and is where he gets alot of parts from. Yes, believe they sell valves in boxes of 8.

[baclay9]

The guy at comp told me I would be alright with a 2000 to 2200. If you happen to find out what yours is for sure could you please let me know
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[baclay9]

From the looks of it you went with a mechanical advance distributor over a vacuum advance. Could you tell me why. There is a guy on CL here that has the same dist. you have, a MSD-6AL ignition box, and a blaster 2 coil for $340. I just wanted to make sure I shouldn't be running a vacuum advance befor I dropped the dough on it.

[87Lowrider]

Originally Posted by baclay9

From the looks of it you went with a mechanical advance distributor over a vacuum advance. Could you tell me why. There is a guy on CL here that has the same dist. you have, a MSD-6AL ignition box, and a blaster 2 coil for $340. I just wanted to make sure I shouldn't be running a vacuum advance befor I dropped the dough on it.

I talked to several racers who recommended the various setups. The only thing I'd like to do is change out the springs in the distributor and see how that helps/hurts. The Digital 6 handles the rest.

So, I trusted what they said and so far it's been a great decision for my application which is a driver to and from work occasionally, and out on the weekends cruising around. It's got about 5000 miles on it now but it's never been HAMMERED and ragged on yet. The most it's seen is about 4250 and that was fun!

Not a bad price.

[baclay9]

Do you happen to have a part # on the fans you ended up going with? I looked through the thread and couldn't find it. Do you remember how many cfm they were?

[87Lowrider]

Originally Posted by baclay9

Do you happen to have a part # on the fans you ended up going with? I looked through the thread and couldn't find it. Do you remember how many cfm they were?

Sorry for the delay.. I've been off the board for a while, but if you still need it, that's a Flex-a-lite 220 fan set rated at 2500cfm. Get something bigger if you can. It does great above 30-40mph, but idling in traffic it doesn't take long to get over 200 degrees and keep getting hotter. I start figeting when I see that temp rise too much for my liking and look for ways to get some speed to get the temp down. I've found that if you take the temp outside and add 100 degrees to it, that's where the water temp usually hangs.

Here's the link to the one I got from summit

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FLX-220/

[Valhalla]

very nice truck man. I am picking that body style for my next when my 70 is done.

[87Lowrider]

Originally Posted by Valhalla

very nice truck man. I am picking that body style for my next when my 70 is done.

Thanks!!

[baclay9]

Where does your oil pressure sending unit go? I thought I knew where it went, on the drivers side of the block at the front just behind the power steering pump. But the threads are nowhere near the same. Is there some kind of adapter I need?
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[sarge75801]

Originally Posted by baclay9

Where does your oil pressure sending unit go? I thought I knew where it went, on the drivers side of the block at the front just behind the power steering pump. But the threads are nowhere near the same. Is there some kind of adapter I need?
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There a couple of holes near the oil filter mount. Your oil pressure gauge should have come with 2 adapters, one of which will fit these holes.

[87Lowrider]

Originally Posted by sarge75801

There a couple of holes near the oil filter mount. Your oil pressure gauge should have come with 2 adapters, one of which will fit these holes.

That's where mine is.. driver side of motor just above the filter. Hole already there to screw sending unit into. Connects to control unit of the Dakota Digital cluster.

Kenny

[sarge75801]

There are two holes, different size. Autometer sends adapters to use either hole
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[baclay9]

I have another one for you. I didn't see much info about your transmission. I am assuming it is a TH400?

When going from a TH350 to a TH 400 did moving the trans crossmember to the rear mounting location accomidate the longer trans? I went ahead and moved mine it hopes that the trans would line up.
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[87Lowrider]

I really can't remember but it seems like we had to modify it a bit. I'm also thinking we used the x-member out of the '76 donor truck as well.

Next time, I'm under it, I'll look and see if it's the original one or not and what changes we made to it if any.


Ken

[87Lowrider]

Yesterday, the 87Lowrider was sold to a dealer in S. Indiana. I picked up an '05 Silverado Stepside 4x4 as it's replacement. Thanks for all the help from everyone here in getting it to where it was.