1976 Square "Simple Green"

[RodsGreen10]

****. I will bust a LS ass!! And anyone with a LS is more than welcome to come and try I will pay for the gas!! Motor vs Motor we will leave the juice out of it. But if you think a LS has more than what I have then more power to ya. I just have a 305 with flows lmfao!! Just mixing the old with new.
This is not my daily driver this is my weekend hell raiser. Take it to the track and cruise ins. Don't care about fuel milage cause that's all I see a LS is good for. Yes a LS is nice I have a couple but not for this truck. Now if I was going to change motor I would throw a diesel in it and twist the frame on it!!! Lol!
Sorry for the rant just tired of people saying or asking why not or get a LS in it.

[slimneverdies]

Originally Posted by RodsGreen10

****. I will bust a LS ass!! And anyone with a LS is more than welcome to come and try I will pay for the gas!! Motor vs Motor we will leave the juice out of it. But if you think a LS has more than what I have then more power to ya. I just have a 305 with flows lmfao!! Just mixing the old with new.
This is not my daily driver this is my weekend hell raiser. Take it to the track and cruise ins. Don't care about fuel milage cause that's all I see a LS is good for. Yes a LS is nice I have a couple but not for this truck. Now if I was going to change motor I would throw a diesel in it and twist the frame on it!!! Lol!
Sorry for the rant just tired of people saying or asking why not or get a LS in it.

Sorry I hit a soft spot. I see that you bought that huge carb and now going to fuel injection. So it's only natural to think you were going that direction. I just built up a 454 to a 496 and I have a couple of ls motors one with a turbo so I fully understand. Didn't say thats what you should go with lol

[RodsGreen10]

Originally Posted by slimneverdies

Sorry I hit a soft spot. I see that you bought that huge carb and now going to fuel injection. So it's only natural to think you were going that direction. I just built up a 454 to a 496 and I have a couple of ls motors one with a turbo so I fully understand. Didn't say thats what you should go with lol

Lol it's all good brother. Wasn't trying to be a prick to you even if I sounded like one. You know how Turkey day is around all the crazy family and stuff I was a little flustered yesterday lol. But it's all good. Yes that big carb well lets just say they gave me my money back for it. So efi was next up lol. And when you say turbo that makes my ears perk up. That is on my hit list for this truck well that's what I would like too.

[RodsGreen10]

And I got my money back on carb. They told me if is wasn't happy with it they would give me my money back.

[GAc10boy]

Killer build! The stance and motor are spot on. Can't wait to see what you do with the new efi system. And thanks for the good deals coming my way on the parts! Once received, I'll update my thread. Appreciate it!

[RodsGreen10]

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

Killer build! The stance and motor are spot on. Can't wait to see what you do with the new efi system. And thanks for the good deals coming my way on the parts! Once received, I'll update my thread. Appreciate it!

I appreciate that man. Just happy I could help out a fellow C10 brother out!! Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Advanced Design]

Drool.....

[RodsGreen10]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Drool.....

Lol. Thank you! It is extremely nice. Only thing is now figure out how to hide these wires or run them so they look good. A plus is the FiTech wire loom is exactly what I have on my truck went I put the new motor in. It consists of HeatShield Products and a nylon braided loom. Top notch stuff. The only complaint haha is for $1500 give me a damn sticker for my tool box lmao!! I am truly impressed so far. When I get it all buttoned up and running I will be honest about it and let you all know.

[funkatation]

Very interested to see how it works out. I can't believe the price on that! Did you get the FCC to go with it? I have a QFT Slayer 750 now just to get my truck running, but that looks really cool! I thought most FI systems were at least 2k.

[RodsGreen10]

Originally Posted by funkatation

Very interested to see how it works out. I can't believe the price on that! Did you get the FCC to go with it? I have a QFT Slayer 750 now just to get my truck running, but that looks really cool! I thought most FI systems were at least 2k.

They are bringing affordable EFI to the market and not cutting corners lol. A pitch coming haha. This thing is packed with as many or more features than those of $2k plus. But this one will support 1200 hp most on the market all but one other on the market will only support 600. They of course have a 600hp a new 800 hp they just released saw it on Facebook and the one I have 1200 hp.
I did not get the FCC. I went another route to be honest I think that thing looks ugly lol. So I got a R10 tank. Same as mine but is baffled. Plus got a aeromotive stealth gm pump in tank. The FiTech efi already has a regulator built in the system. So I have stock look with all the EFI requirements. And I bought a inline fuel filter also. I am excited to get it all on and go run this piss out of it lol!

[tjsblazer]

Subscribed. I have been keeping my eye on the FITech. I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a smaller unit for my 383. Can't wait to hear your impressions on it.

[RodsGreen10]

So far so good. I have not done anything with it today besides what I posted. But I did actually read over the directions. If you can breath you can install this. So simple. The big boys on the market better sit up and pay attention cause what FiTech has and the price point it would be stupid to buy the big name companies. That is probably why Holley has bootlegged FiTechs design but Holley does not have the features the FiTech has. The thing that did hit me odd was it said torque the carb stud bolts to 16 ft lbs. What? If anyone has ever installed a carb and actually used the torque specs this caught me off guard. Lol. The kit comes with its own gaskets they are thick and are the hardest gaskets I have seen or felt. I did not use them because of the carb spacer and the Lokar throttle kickdown plate that I am using. But everything went on just like before. I have not hooked up the cables yet I will do that tomorrow.

[RodsGreen10]

Well I couldn't get the wire routing off my mind last night. So I stayed up and looked everything over and pre ran my wires giving me a idea of how everything would look and connect up. So the main wires come from the front of the FiTech EFI. So with my Lokar bracket I have it has a cut out in it that all the main wires would feed through and hide them some. Ran everything down between the intake and valve cover back to firewall. The one thing I wish they would have done is made the temp sensor wire longer I wanted to put it in my AFR heads but to accomplish this the wire would have to be ran over top and lay on the valve cover. No big issue the temp sensor will be mounted next to the thermostat in the intake. Now will for my battery power I will be using the block on the fire wall the one that is next to the brake booster. That will be my constant power source. For my ignition I will run it through a grommet in the firewall and connect that at the fuse box. Cause I couldn't find a ignition under the hood late last night. Tach feed well just connect that to the dizzy tach line. That is one reason I ran it down the drives side between the intake and valve cover. Out of the 4 or 5 connection they are all on that side. The fuel pump wire I will just follow the original sending unit wire to make my connection to the new fuel pump setup. I have not connected anything up yet just testing wire routing and a thought process before making my connection. I will start on it today and take pics of wire routing and stuff. O2 sensor wire comes off on the back of the FiTech on the passenger side. So I will just route the wire down and install o2 on that side less work straight shot.

[RodsGreen10]

Here is that cut out I was talking about in my Lokar Plate I was talking about see how the main wires coming off the front of the FiTech feed perfect down through it.

[Advanced Design]

If you want the temp sensor in the head, could you extend the wire?

[RodsGreen10]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

If you want the temp sensor in the head, could you extend the wire?

You are correct. And I have the exact same plus and wire harness they use. That is probably what I will do cause that's what I did last night was added that. Really I just need another 6 inches for it to work lol.
I will be calling FiTech tomorrow I want to find out more about this fan wire in the harness and see what the purpose is. I would think it would send a ground signal to the relay and kick the fans on. If that is the case I will put it in the head and remove the painless temp sensor that is in the head now.

[RodsGreen10]

Ok just started wiring up. Got the main harness just laid how I want it not buttoned all up just laying in the location. I am a clean engine bay person so it will look correct when I am done. Lol

[RodsGreen10]

This is what I am connecting to so I can get my main battery source. This connect has to be live all the time so the FiTech can save the self learning program.

[RodsGreen10]

Here is my battery wire from the harness. All connected and heat shrinked up.

[GAc10boy]

Man, Rodney, you are really on it! Parts look awesome. Can't wait to see it all when you're finished.

[RodsGreen10]

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

Man, Rodney, you are really on it! Parts look awesome. Can't wait to see it all when you're finished.

Thanks.

[RodsGreen10]

Well ran into a issue with the an fittings going on the FiTech EFI. I want to run my fuel line and return line like it would be on a carb. Meaning enter and exit on the passenger side. So with a 45 or a 90 an fitting it was hitting my drop base on my air cleaner. I have a 1.25 drop base. So the only way this would work would be put the inlet fuel on the front or rear drivers side of the FiTech and angle the fitting towards the middle you would have to do the same to the return on the passenger side as well. Well I did not want to run the fuel line across the front of the FiTech or run the return line and put a bend in the line to run it back to the passenger side or run the return all the way around to the drivers side then around the front so it would make it back to my tank on the passenger side. So I just order another base and a 3" filter. So this is something you all might need to know. If using a drop base and give a crap about a clean install. I will not put a 90 degree fitting unless I absolutely must. 45 is better for fuel flow. So what I have left is the tank and waiting on the base. Got the 2 fan wires hooked up the ac wire hooked up and the o2 sensor installed.

[RodsGreen10]

If this is confusing let me know I will gets pics so you have a visual.
Or I could put a .5 spacer on the carb flange under the base but I can't do that cause the air clear kid will be hitting the hood. So for me I had to order a new base and filter. The pleasure of running a tall single plane intake and a 1" carb spacer. The new base and a shorter filter should make it work out just how I want it. If not well I will be angleing my an fitting towards the middle.

[RodsGreen10]

But I may be over reacting cause I am tired and my back is killing me from being humped over in the engine bay for 2 days lmao. Gotta love getting older.

[tjsblazer]

Are you going to use the unit to control timing or run it in fuel only mode.