Build Up "The Cucumber"

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matt.mcinnes said:
Dizzy covers are easy.

You start here.

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End here.

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By the way did you rebuild your dizzy with new bearings?

Matt
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Yes I know I need to get there sooner or later...

No I did not rebuild it with new bearings. It is in really good shape as far as I can tell. No up or down or side to side movement.
 
More for me than anything. Items in red still need to be completed.

  1. Find the spacer that goes between the top of the TBI and the bottom of the plastic plenum I got from a 4.9 TBI Caddy.
  2. Tap the plastic plenum for 1/2 NPT to get the air temp sensor in place. There are a couple of places on the piece that look like they were designed for this purpose.
  3. Wire above up.
  4. Find a crush washer for one of the smaller plug bolts for the oil filter mounting flange.
  5. Put on balancer and pulley.
  6. Modify alternator bracket for the CS 144.
  7. Find appropriate belt to fit.
  8. Finish off plumbing for the cooling system.
  9. Finish off plumbing for the fuel system.
  10. Tap block for knock sensor.
  11. Wire up the rest of the knock sensor.
  12. Bolt in starter.
  13. Wire up LC-1 WBO2 sensor.
  14. Hook up the PCV hose to the plastic plenum.
  15. Create a mounting bracket for the EDIS 6 pack.
  16. Wire up the battery, starter, on/off/starter switch.
  17. Wire power to MS2 Extra.
  18. Mount taurus fan.
  19. Wire up taurus fan.
  20. Fire it up!
  21. Miller time.
  22. Pass out from exhaustion and the pain from the bursitis in my right shoulder.

I am going to work on item 6 today.
 
Just updating this.

  1. Find the spacer that goes between the top of the TBI and the bottom of the plastic plenum I got from a 4.9 TBI Caddy.
  2. Tap the plastic plenum for 1/2 NPT to get the air temp sensor in place. There are a couple of places on the piece that look like they were designed for this purpose.
  3. Wire above up.
  4. Find a crush washer for one of the smaller plug bolts for the oil filter mounting flange.
  5. Put on balancer and pulley.
  6. Modify alternator bracket for the CS 144.
  7. Find appropriate belt to fit.
  8. Finish off plumbing for the cooling system.
  9. Finish off plumbing for the fuel system.
  10. Tap block for knock sensor.
  11. Wire up the rest of the knock sensor.
  12. Bolt in starter.
  13. Wire up LC-1 WBO2 sensor.
  14. Hook up the PCV hose to the plastic plenum.
  15. Create a mounting bracket for the EDIS 6 pack.
  16. Wire up the battery, starter, on/off/starter switch.
  17. Wire power to MS2 Extra.
  18. Mount taurus fan.
  19. Wire up taurus fan.
  20. Fire it up!
  21. Miller time.
  22. Pass out from exhaustion and the pain from the bursitis in my right shoulder.
 
Trollhole said:
Holy ****!

You should have just gone TBI.:flipoff2: SO much easier.

Have to give you credit though for the gas tank. That is cool. I thought gas would cause pvc to melt?
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Look carefully it is a GM TBI. And it wasn't that bad, I like the challenge. Besides once I figure everything out all that others need to do is just download my config and plug it in. All done.

The gas tank I thought of because I remember reading something somewhere about someone using PVC as a swirl pot. Seems to be holding up just fine.

EDIT: I went and searched google for "pvc gasoline resistance" and found this.

SpudTech Archive • View topic - PVC Pipe Gasoline Resistance Test
 
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GOOD WORK MAN!! Think it'll produce more power now that it's injected? I bet it will run more efficiently.
 
GLTHFJ60 said:
GOOD WORK MAN!! Think it'll produce more power now that it's injected? I bet it will run more efficiently.
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I don't know about more power. The last 40 I had I had the engine rebuilt and I was running a GM HEI with a 38 webber and SOR headers. I had 4.11 gears a 4 speed and 33x12.5 tires. It ran pretty dang good, but only got 5-7 mpg. That is all I really have to compare it too.
 
no 2F that is getting 5-7 mpg is running pretty dang good..
 
joeyg1973 said:
At the time my right foot was significantly heavier than it currently is.
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Makes no difference.
There is no way for a 2F to use that much fuel..
 
Mace,

You are right. I took a trip in it from Decatur, GA to Myrtle Beach, SC. That's about 360 miles and it took me a full tank plus 2 Jerry cans. 360/30= 12 mpg.
 
joeyg1973 said:
Mace,

You are right. I took a trip in it from Decatur, GA to Myrtle Beach, SC. That's about 360 miles and it took me a full tank plus 2 Jerry cans. 360/30= 12 mpg.
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Your fuel tank was 20 galls?
 
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