Plastic Fantastic tew

[DanStokes]

Glad you found it. Eight is better than seven!

[SuperBuickGuy]

simple solution... #8 wasn't fully plugged in....
unwinding it out of the dash was less than easy

then onto body stuff

[SuperBuickGuy]

not much to update today - spent the day doing a bunch of things but nothing really photoworthy
the blocks installed

and pulling wiring out to find out why #8 isn't firing

if only I was one of these alleged experts....

[SuperBuickGuy]

still have to finish the spoiler and defuser but it does clean up well

even sounds okay running pig rich and on 7 cylinders

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to fill in the blank

waiting for paint to dry

[SuperBuickGuy]

Well, hopefully this will be a final installment on the EFI change.
built a bracket for the solid state relay

wired the cheat devices and reinstalled the passenger seat

and took a few pictures of my very dusty car

I do have to finish the aero stuff and do some paint repair - but for now....

it's done except for tuning.

[SuperBuickGuy]

reassembled with paint


then boots for the spark plug boots

and finally, noise

[SuperBuickGuy]

While the reason sucks it's good that you found a cause and therefore a fix.

I like small companies, I like the tech support that FiTech usually has. Of course, it wouldn't be a small company with great tech support if it simply designed their stuff correctly to begin with.... just sayin'

[DanStokes]

While the reason sucks it's good that you found a cause and therefore a fix.

[SuperBuickGuy]

FiTech tip. Don't use them.

In today's episode of "how can a manufacturer screw you up" we present this

if you use flange bolts, it will not fully contact the intake manifold - best yet, if you don't tighten them all down evenly, it'll just slightly offset the intake manifold making a good seal impossible.
change the bolts to bolt/lock washer and

and coolant goes in


this after I build an adapter so the pressure doesn't bleed off through the overflow

then fish all the wires through and realize I don't have electrical tape....

mostly reassembled

[SuperBuickGuy]

first drill and tap the sensor hole

onward.... nice to see I get to resand the top piece

intake is back on but I don't like how the flange bolts are holding it down so going to change them tomorrow (after the silicone sets up)

[SuperBuickGuy]

picture to remember where it faces so I can get it close when I put it back together... it's on TDC

after a full debrief, I dunno. It almost looks like the center bolts were leaking

note the wetness

this was no help

gaskets did tell the story of the vacuum leak but not the water leak

cleaned it up

then quit for the evening - I need a tap to get the MAT sensor in the intake. I have no idea what FiTech's plan was for it but I need it so modification time

[SuperBuickGuy]

A couple of bottles of Barr's Leak ought to handle it!

with how terribly I've treated this motor.... I really should pull it apart and start again... but I won't, I have another 4 bolt block

[DanStokes]

A couple of bottles of Barr's Leak ought to handle it!

[silver_bullet]

beside working on the forklift and Blazer today.... worked on this... water has oil in it.... and there's a sound that sounds just like I used the wrong intake gasket.... F**K!!!!!
that said, I own the wrong gasket but I don't know why I have a coolant leak....

I'll pull the intake tomorrow - gaskets are supposed to be here.... I'm concerned that it may not be the only problem... but we will see. I need this done so I get the Blazer done then the forklift and finally my wife's Jeep.... so I can get onto Anthony's pickup in August.... not a lot of time, a lot to do....