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Originally Posted by JRL
Hard for me to comment - I'm just blown away by your craftsmanship - tenacity - and great attitude. I may have set the beast on fire by now.
One thing I've been thinking about is using the crate motor set up for a carburetor but use a 4 bore EFI unit. But until I see how the intake would work as a down draft and if it would interfere with the top when it's down I'll just keep thinking.
Seems like that would get the intake out of the heat - simplify installation - eliminate a lot of pipe fabrication - eliminate the oil pressure relocation - eliminate the cutting of the trunk floor - and the cost are not over the top. The system should also be smog compliant and pretty much self tuning. Just a thought.
I had intended to drop by but picked up the worst case of flu on earth when I went down to Amelia for the Concourse - figured you wouldn't want me within 1,000 yards of the shop. Maybe next week.
Randy
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Hey Randy,
Sorry to hear you're not feeling well, hope you get better soon. I definitely appreciate the compliments! Yeah I think the biggest problem with a carb/EFI unit would be the intake, top up or down because you would essentially have to expose the air clearer outside of the engine compartment. It is possible to set up a cold air type system using the intake on the side of the car but would take some kind of custom intake to route the air up there.
Feel free to drop by when you are feeling better and i'll show you what I've gotten done~
Thanks!
J
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Originally Posted by itsnotanova
Just sitting here enjoying the show. Keep up the good work! I have a 97 that you're almost inspiring me to go with a V8.
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Excellent! Glad it is still keeping everyone's attention
Some of these little things are tedious and not very exciting so just making sure no one is asleep!
I hope this does inspire you! Just keep in mind though if you start with a 97 it is going to take even more work then this project I've got going... it is much better to start off with an "S" model if you can. Better transmission, brakes, cooling, suspension etc. so many things you will want to change after a V8 is in there so keep it in mind!
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Originally Posted by BruceH
We are here  Take a look at the views on your thread, over 17,000! I don't have anything to contribute and why clutter up the thread? Great information, and I love the pictures and videos. Keep up the great work  |
Haha thanks Bruce, I appreciate it!! Hopefully soon enough we will get to fire this bad boy up and make things more exciting