finally got it running

[buck531]

Well after about a year and a half it started

https://youtu.be/re1shn06UFY

[Scottydoggs]

it just needs the cat back bolted back on lol and a blower belt.

[buck531]

I jerry rigged the catback on. . Then the brake pedal went to the floor. The 182k mile brake lines finally whit the bed. Oh well.

[buck531]

https://youtu.be/zq4nZqOlrwQ

[Scottydoggs]

why so much surge? it have a vac leak?

[buck531]

Havent done any tuning other than copy the fuel and spark over from a dhp 1.5 bin. Cant drive it because of the brake line.

[Scottydoggs]

bump the idle up if its not a vac leak.


brakes, you kinda need them... next on the list i bet.

[buck531]

[buck531]

Yeah i got under it and its spraying right behind the steering rack. Its the line that runs over the to the passenger side front. Ill deal with it another day. Im sore

[Scottydoggs]

reducer issues i see. that blows. you need to just get that all welded up nice.

[buck531]

Its only so i can drive it. In about 2 weeks my welder buddy is going to put on 2 2.5" magnaflow resonators and im going to dump it out the rear passenger door.

That and i think the vband clamp for the headers is shot... $50 sd headers so i cant complain too much.

[Scottydoggs]

and i thought i did good with 100 dollar used headers lol

[buck531]

Ha. Yeah they were trashed. Flex was all ripped. Chavo on here parted out his gtp earlier this year. Got the flex from zzp and for a 12 pack of summer shandy got the flex fixed . I wanted to wire wheel them to clean them up but i didnt have the time.

[Scottydoggs]

mine look like hell too lol i just did a engine swap, so while it was out i had a friend weld up a v band clamp set up on the new flex to header, then welded in the cat and the reducer. so much nicer then clamps i was using.

[buck531]

[Scottydoggs]

i painted mine silver when they were out, and well, that didnt work out so good lol

[buck531]

Was it high temp 1500* stuff? I used vht on my old s&s headers and it stuck forever. Theres was a cure procedure you do and it worked good. I wanted to header wrap mine but didnt have time.i was hell bent on starting it yesterday.

[Scottydoggs]

it was duplicolor hi heat header paint iirc. it came off seconds after starting it up for the first time. funny how it stayed on the flange tho.

[buck531]

Probably because the headers are stainless steel. The flanges arent.

[Scottydoggs]

im thinking its because the pipes are so much thinner they heat up really fast and get hotter then the thick ass flange.