My new project 86 Silverado

[chevybuilder18]

Damn! looks great man. whats next on your agenda, or is it a surprise?

[naphtali5725]

Epoxy primed the inner fenders, and underside of hood today...
fuel tank mounts/straps and radiator core support, radiator cover, and cowl piece will be primed tomorrow weather permitting....

[naphtali5725]

rained all day here... delays...

[naphtali5725]

Got a performance rebuild on my Quadrajet... built by Lars Grimsrud
Here are his notes on my carb...

"The carb checked out really well after a few setup modifications and after all the plugged fuel and air passages were chased down... I ran it through all modes of operation from cold-start, hot re-start, idle, and no-load cruise. I also tested for secondary operations and WOT transition. Idle is glass smooth, off-idle response is crisp, and mixtures are right where they should be - see photos attached of your carb running on the test engine with actual air/fuel ratio and idle rpm. I have the A/F set at 14.2:1, which is perfect for today's pump gas, and rpm is at 850 so it will idle with your cam. I have removed the rear pulloff (these are no longer available, and they were not used on the performance application carbs), and I have installed and tested the electric choke per your request - the choke operates perfectly, and was tested on the engine (note the choke wire hooked up in the photo)."

Here's a few pics...

[naphtali5725]

block sanded the epoxy primer on the cab with 180, getting it ready for the 2K primer... will finish up the roof tomorrow and post some pics... I hope to get a good first coat of primer on the cab...

[chevybuilder18]

its looking great... i cant wait till you show a vid of that engine running.. looks like aluminum heads and alot more goodys put into it and im glad im not the only guy who likes qaudrajets..

[naphtali5725]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

its looking great... i cant wait till you show a vid of that engine running.. looks like aluminum heads and alot more goodys put into it and im glad im not the only guy who likes qaudrajets..

yeah, that Chevy engine is a test engine used for tuning the carb... it's not the engine going in my truck...

My motor will be a 461 Pontiac built from a 400 block by Jim Lehart...

[naphtali5725]

besides me getting into a car wreck, my Dad is here for another 7 days... i'll pick back up on the truck when he goes home....

hope all is well with everyone

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by naphtali5725

besides getting into a car wreck, my Dad is here for another 7 days... i'll pick back up on the truck when he goes home....

hope all is well with everyone

always good times to be had with your Dad! Glad your doing okay from the car wreck..

it's raining here so no updates, and mosquitos are killer so makes wanting to work on the truck a bit of a pain. Maybe I'll go pick up some paint and paint my bezel this weekend!

[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by naphtali5725

besides me getting into a car wreck, my Dad is here for another 7 days... i'll pick back up on the truck when he goes home....

hope all is well with everyone

hope you and your dads doing well.. your doing good, and about the 461 pontiac motor, THAT is so sweet!!! cant wait till you show us what that engine does

[rs74]

Originally Posted by naphtali5725

besides me getting into a car wreck, my Dad is here for another 7 days...

Did you get into another accident or just the one a while back? Hope all is well.

[naphtali5725]

Originally Posted by rs74

Did you get into another accident or just the one a while back? Hope all is well.

just the one a while back... all ok so far

[naphtali5725]

sorry for the lack of updates the last month or two...
took my Dad back to Florida this weekend...
will now be able to get back to work on my truck, stay tuned

[chevybuilder18]

cant wait!

[Sodell]

Whats up?

[naphtali5725]

we'll, since i'm a disabled vet, i may not get paid on the 1st of Nov.
if i don't my truck project may be put on hold, or even sold if necessary...
here's hoping...

[Low Elco]

How much does that carb rebuild cost? Sounds like he knows his stuff!

[naphtali5725]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

How much does that carb rebuild cost? Sounds like he knows his stuff!

for all the parts and build about 300

[naphtali5725]

sorry for lack of updates....

just paid the 2nd half of my new dash from diy4x, it should be here in a few days... updates soon i hope...

[77ChevySharkBite]

Sweet bro!!! How's the engines coming along?

[rs74]

Hey, you are alive! I have been wondering about you lately.

[rs74]

Hey man, are you still hanging in there?

[naphtali5725]

Originally Posted by rs74

Hey man, are you still hanging in there?

yeah man, talked to Kert at diy4x last week, he said my dash will be here in a week...
still waiting on the engine... it was a freebie, so i can't complain... will be working on the doors soon, so i can put them on after i get the dash.

more to come, just been slow because of weather, how about you.. how is the truck coming along?

[rs74]

Just wondering, had not seen you on here for awhile.

My truck is the same ol story. Just now settling on paint color chips. So hopefully they will get it all trimmed in so I can take the frame out and put the cab and bed back on. Then going to bring it home to do the interior and drivetrain before taking it back out for final paint.

With the weather we have been having I am not rushing it. I have been trying to keep all of my trucks inside and if I bring this one home I am not sure if I will have enough room for all of them until nice weather comes back.

[naphtali5725]

what a worthless piece of &%$#*@ razzle, frazzle


took an hour to do just this, compressor gets hot, cuts off... pressure lasts about 10min if that (200psi compressor)

i need one that will hold up to continuous DA sander use....

this sucks and i can't afford a new one...