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My wife is getting another heart.
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<blockquote data-quote="Recon" data-source="post: 16927933" data-attributes="member: 181287"><p>Guess this deserves an update. After an ridiculous amount of trial and errors; it seems that the car is pretty close to being legitimately operational. We also had A LOT of incorrect parts. A few things have changed since the last update.</p><p>The car now has a M22 Rock Crusher out of a 69 Chevelle. It now has the very best of what Chevy offered in 65.</p><p>We weren’t really getting anywhere with getting parts for an Impala; so, we started getting parts for a 65 Corvette. Which seems to be working pretty well for the most part.</p><p>Another change is the valve covers. The spacers were a bad idea. I looked for a while and finally found some I liked. They’re tall deck big block replicas of the C1 Vette small block valve covers. </p><p>We found an original big block radiator that we had repaired. Well it’s leaking so I have a temporary solution. I have an aluminum radiator that will be used until the brass one is available from classics.</p><p>We waited a long time for the alternator due to it not matching the mounting brackets. Well it turns out the lower mounting bracket was wrong. But that’s taken care of now.</p><p>Another temporary solution is the Edelbrock fuel pump, first one was wrong. Pretty much I’m to the point of getting the damn car drivable. All the little details we’ll get done later.</p><p>The carb was sent off to Holley for refinish of the metal and refresh. That happened very early in the build. Well they put the wrong jets in the carb.</p><p>As she sits currently. There’s a possibility of the distributor being bad, the second one. We have a scope here to verify that. We drained the old fuel out of the tank. It currently has a mix of 93 ethanol free and 110 leaded race fuel. 5 gallons of each. There’s a temporary exhaust setup on the car until it’s running good. Exhaust manifolds with 2.5in pipe going to Super 44s dumped. </p><p>That’s all that comes to mind right now. I’ll post more as it comes back to me.</p><p>Here’s the engine as it sits:</p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230624/78c1a3674ade327a05f94f62b478b777.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from somewhere in the twilight zone…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Recon, post: 16927933, member: 181287"] Guess this deserves an update. After an ridiculous amount of trial and errors; it seems that the car is pretty close to being legitimately operational. We also had A LOT of incorrect parts. A few things have changed since the last update. The car now has a M22 Rock Crusher out of a 69 Chevelle. It now has the very best of what Chevy offered in 65. We weren’t really getting anywhere with getting parts for an Impala; so, we started getting parts for a 65 Corvette. Which seems to be working pretty well for the most part. Another change is the valve covers. The spacers were a bad idea. I looked for a while and finally found some I liked. They’re tall deck big block replicas of the C1 Vette small block valve covers. We found an original big block radiator that we had repaired. Well it’s leaking so I have a temporary solution. I have an aluminum radiator that will be used until the brass one is available from classics. We waited a long time for the alternator due to it not matching the mounting brackets. Well it turns out the lower mounting bracket was wrong. But that’s taken care of now. Another temporary solution is the Edelbrock fuel pump, first one was wrong. Pretty much I’m to the point of getting the damn car drivable. All the little details we’ll get done later. The carb was sent off to Holley for refinish of the metal and refresh. That happened very early in the build. Well they put the wrong jets in the carb. As she sits currently. There’s a possibility of the distributor being bad, the second one. We have a scope here to verify that. We drained the old fuel out of the tank. It currently has a mix of 93 ethanol free and 110 leaded race fuel. 5 gallons of each. There’s a temporary exhaust setup on the car until it’s running good. Exhaust manifolds with 2.5in pipe going to Super 44s dumped. That’s all that comes to mind right now. I’ll post more as it comes back to me. Here’s the engine as it sits: [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230624/78c1a3674ade327a05f94f62b478b777.jpg[/IMG] Sent from somewhere in the twilight zone… [/QUOTE]
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