I'll give it a shot, thanks
Another one bites the dust - a few questions
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I'll give it a shot, thanks
Worked like a charm, thanks again DD2013!
Pretty much get it like this:
Then I pulled the belt from the top towards the crank pulley to get it started and turned the crank with a breaker bar until it slipped on. I had to use the breaker bar in the opposite direction while guiding the belt with a screwdriver to get the belt seated right on the compressor.
Believe it or not it runs. I still have to put the blower, driveshaft and exhaust on but it ran and didn't smoke like crazy so that's a good thing. I lost the retainer clip for my clutch hose too and just ran a loop of safety wire through it and spun it down. Seems to be holding but I'll replace it if its not $100 for the plastic piece.
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This is just too funny/heartbreaking not to share.
Lol! sweet pic.
That picture cost me $120 lol..
Tomorrow should be the day I drive this shitbox again. I just need the exhaust nuts, not sure what size they are because everything is rusted. I spent all day (6-9) putting the blower and driveshaft in. I'll give it 5 miles of quality break in before I rip a burnout...... let's see how this plays out.
Edit: Header to cat nuts are M10x1.5 thread on the exhaust. The ones at the rear connection that go to the mufflers should be the same.
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Awesome congrats!
Thanks! Just got back from it's maiden voyage. Smoked a little at startup bit it went away. I blew off an intake coupling giving it some gas and oil came dripping out of the intake where the coupling came off. I suspect it's from the blowing up incident, but I'll be monitoring oil consumption. It sure as hell not smoking like it did when it blew and I don't have any warning lights. My new ram clutch and rigged clutch line seem to be playing nice. I didn't really follow the instructions for the clutch because they didn't make sense to me but I guess I was right not to. I'm at 26900 miles today just to mark it.
It stopped smoking altogether, I have no CELs, it feels fast even with the vortech tune and a minor boost leak. I'd say overall it was a success. I've put 350 miles or so on it with no other hiccups. I'll report back in a few thousand miles or the next "event" whichever comes first.
Glad to see you're back on the road. I'm looking into a built short block and was thinking about installing the heads and cams myself, how bad is it? I've put together old school Chevy and Ford engines in the past just never any modular engines.
It really wasn't bad. The SOHC 4.6 is much more difficult because the cams want to spin with the spring force. The coyote was super easy, pretty much just followed this http://www.americanmuscle.com/compcams-xfinsr-camshafts-1112gt-install.html without the phaser limiter bs. Once the small chain is on the cams they won't spin unless you want them to.
Cool thanks for the link.
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