06-29-2012, 12:47 AM | #76 |
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Going in the body shop Monday.
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07-13-2012, 10:39 AM | #77 |
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01-20-2013, 01:34 AM | #78 |
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I kept getting belt squeal no matter what I did. New belts, belt conditioner, adjustments. I didn't want to over-tighten the belts so finally I put a 29-30" belt from my water pump pulley to my alternator. The other belt goes to the power steering, water pump and crankshaft pulley.
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01-20-2013, 03:04 AM | #79 |
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Did that fix your problem? I did the serpentine conversion for the same reason and haven't had a problem since.
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03-30-2013, 06:57 PM | #80 |
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Ya that fixed the problem.
I replaced my perfectly good 600 Edelbrock carb with a Quadrajet to see if I can get better mileage. I have to work out a small idle problem bit it seems to have about the same power. Thanks to Charlie Roupe for the parts. What a great guy!. The Qjet has smaller primaries. I like the simplicity of the Edelbrock, too bad it isn't a spreadbore. I think they're in kahoots with the oil companies. My next vehicle may be S10 4x4. |
12-25-2015, 03:21 PM | #81 |
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OK gas mileage update. We built a low dollar 388 small block with vortec heads and a performer intake with Qjet. 10.3 compression flat tops and a 350/327 cam, ramhorn exhaust. Gas mileage went up about 30-50%. I'm sure the torque and efficiency of the heads made a big difference. Truck weighs about 4200. The reason I say low dollar, we used swap meet heads, ebay intake, speedway parts, $200 long block. Wish I had a 2200 stall and maybe 3.73 gears but pretty happy with it. Thinking about maybe summit headers next summer.
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12-25-2015, 03:30 PM | #82 |
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I am now running a
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