The 283 Rebuild Begins

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

you need a digital camera so you dont have to torture us with those crazy pics off the web

Yeah - if I had a nickel for every time I've heard that.......maybe my grandson will get one for his 3rd birthday on the 11th.

Mac.

[1964C10]

Ok so I googled "surf city" and came up with nothing in CA excepted that certain cities think of themselves as surf city, where do you all home Mac?

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by 1964C10

certain cities think of themselves as surf city,

The only one that went to court for the licensed name.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...anta-cruz.html

Let's put it this way - I don't live in Santa Cruz (too bad).

Mac.

[jason65]

Ahhhhhh yes. A small back window shloooong bed. Good lookin truck Mac.
Are those 40 series flowmasters?

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by jason65

Are those 40 series flowmasters?

Sharp eye there Jason. Yes they are. Set off all the car alarms in the neighborhood when they were on my Chevelle, dumping just in front of the real axle - so I had them cut off and saved them for the truck.

Mac.

[1964C10]

Thanks for the update. I didn't realize that!

[protrash64]

Hey Mac.....first off congrats on the break-in. I was wondering about the resonators you mentioned. What, where, and do they tone it down a bit? I have the 40's dumpin' in front of the rear tires and it about knocks stuff off the walls. I wouldn't mind turning it down to about 7.........thanx.

[jgh64pkup]

all of yall with original 40 series flowmasters are lucky im stuck with the delta force 40 series flowmasters they sound nothing like the originals and arent very loud either

[Alan's Classic]

Congrats on the progress, I'm happy for you!!

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by protrash64

I was wondering about the resonators you mentioned. What, where, and do they tone it down a bit?

Summit Racing: Hedman Hedders 17120 - Hedman Hot Tips Chrome Exhaust Tips: $23.95

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-17120/

But be aware - these are only 2" diameter inlets and 2.5" outlet, so if you’re going for big time street performance - forget it. My small block has a stock cast iron manifold and a two barrel Rochester, so don’t consider these particular parts if you’re pulling a big CFM carb. There has to be somebody else in the Summit line (or Jegs) that carry larger diameter units. The main effect of the resonator tips I have is it curbs that ‘drag strip’ thunder just a bit. Like I said before - when I ran the mufflers on the Chevelle I thought I was going to have to go to the dentist regularly to have my fillings replaced. Great for 1320 feet (oh, sorry: 1,000 feet now), but not for a hundred mile road trip.

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

all of yall with original 40 series flowmasters are lucky im stuck with the delta force 40 series flowmasters they sound nothing like the originals and arent very loud either

Yeah, I hate when that happens. It’s almost like the muffler manufacturers need showrooms with either ten engine/muffler set-ups or at least audio recordings of what they’ll sound like.

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Congrats on the progress, I'm happy for you!!

Thanks Alan, it has taken about five times longer than it should have - but I’ve learned a great deal along the way, and without a back-up vehicle it would have been a butcher job that I would have ended up fighting for its first 50,000 miles

Mac.

[protrash64]

Thanx for the info on the tips, Mac. I will be looking into those after I do some engine upgrades that Ive had planned.

[jason65]

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

all of yall with original 40 series flowmasters are lucky im stuck with the delta force 40 series flowmasters they sound nothing like the originals and arent very loud either

Super 44 series.

[MacAttack]

Off to home to have 'The Tan' towed - one last time - to HB Transmission.

[jgh64pkup]

Originally Posted by jason65

Super 44 series.

what about super 44 series
how about outlaw race series

[4dranch]

Originally Posted by MacAttack

Off to home to have 'The Tan' towed - one last time - to HB Transmission.

A re-build or something new??

[jason65]

Originally Posted by MacAttack

The transmission (TH350) has already been rebuilt. It's the one I cracked the case on and had to get welded (Do'h!). This guy does just about everything drivetrain wise, so I'm commissioning him to do the following:

A./ New rear end (freeway friendly) gears.
B./ New brakes - including refab on the emergency brake bracket.
C./ Fab, install and adjust kick-down bracket assembly for the tranny - at the carb.
D./ Install 2" shorter front springs and replace rubber & parts while there.
E./ Lengthen the forward drive shaft and replace "U" joints.

Because of work going on at the house, I need him to keep the truck for two weeks - he's relatively slow right now - so the timing is nearly perfect.

Mac.

Some of this right here.^^^

[4dranch]

Originally Posted by jason65

Some of this right here.^^^

Thanks Jason.
No one really reads what Mac writes...
They just come here to look at the pictures...

[jason65]

I try to read everything incase I want to steal an idea and adapt it to be different. But I do the same thing sometimes Scroll, words, scroll, words ooh ooh pictures, scorll, words, scroll, words. But on my circle of friends threads I make sure I read every word and study every pic.


Don't forget to swing the tranny guys place and get progress pics Mac.

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by 4dranch

Thanks Jason.
No one really reads what Mac writes...
They just come here to look at the pictures...

Oh gee - who didn't see that one coming.........?

Originally Posted by jason65

But on my circle of friends threads I make sure I read every word and study every pic.

As do I, my good friend.

Mac.

[4dranch]

As do I, my good friend.

Mac. [/quote]

............Group Hug................

[jason65]

You get to be in the middle David.

[4dranch]

Originally Posted by jason65

You get to be in the middle David.

[jason65]

No, don't go!

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by 4dranch

As do I, my good friend.

Mac.

............Group Hug................

Hug up on this........!



Mac.

[jason65]