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Dave just stopped over while taking his newly completed "Kelvinator" out for a ride......WOW!!.....Talk about paint that's a foot deep and can you say "Attention" to detail!!....anyhow.....he looks at the gazillions of wires that need to be sorted out on the convert.......No Problem he said!!.....LOL
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Lookee here. 69 pages for a drivetrain transplant on a "nice" original car. Simply amazing! Killer work Ken. Kinda regreting putting business before Power Tour! Cannot wait to see it in person [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Ken, I'm glad this "setback" to your health was caught early. You, your ambition, and your work ethic are an inspiration to me and many others here. Glad you're OK.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markjohnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken, I'm glad this "setback" to your health was caught early. You, your ambition, and your work ethic are an inspiration to me and many others here. Glad you're OK. </div></div>
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Good job.
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The Windshield will be installed later this week and another one of those PITA deals to deal with are the windshield clips......the screws sent in the Repro kit with the clips didn't have a chance in hell of working......Again.....these guys sell this crap and we get stuck trying to make it work.....Lucky for me, I have a complete machine shop to play with, but the average guy in his garage would be screwed trying to fix this little problem......Anyhow, here's a before and after of the screws......
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06277.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06278.jpg Screwed in............. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06281.jpg Clip installed.......... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06280.jpg I also got all the A/C lines finished and installed along with the heater hoses........I ordered some of those heat shrink clamps this time.........we will see how good they work..... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06282.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06283.jpg I also got the ECM and the TCM mounted on the inner fender panel..... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06285.jpg The list of things to do is still long......but, it's getting shorter... |
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look at that knot of wires by the MC let me at em LOL
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The clamps work awesome. They are a PITA if you have to remove something. I started to use them on most everything that is not a resto.
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Yeah.. hide those wires. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: IM RARE</div><div class="ubbcode-body">look at that knot of wires by the MC let me at em LOL </div></div> |
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Look what showed up today........the missing long lost cousins........LOL
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Put those rims and tires on the Nova and take a pic [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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me like the looks of them on the car no fenders and all!!!
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Been getting a lot of little stuff finished........Made an adaptor for the Dakota Digital Oil pressure sender and got the wires in the car....
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06294.jpg Got the steering column and Lokar shift linkage intsalled http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06302.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06295.jpg Also got the Dakota Gear selector module installed http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06298.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06299.jpg I also got the needed wires into the car......Cleaned up the engine a little.....moved the mess inside for Dave.... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06300.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06301.jpg I also intalled the heat shrink clamps on the heater hoses....another thing off the list.. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06303.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06304.jpg Cooling fan next week along with radiator hoses....almost ready to start it..... |
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Very cool! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]
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If you care to, a little thinner takes off the printing on the clamps.
The parts you purchased from Ride Tech, is that a stock height coil over or is it lowered Ken? looks good! Tim |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you care to, a little thinner takes off the printing on the clamps.
The parts you purchased from Ride Tech, is that a stock height coil over or is it lowered Ken? looks good! Tim </div></div> I had two batches of the clamps....the thinner took off the white printing on most of them.....the ones with green printing were stubborn and wouldn't come off........The coil overs are adjustable and I really haven't messedwith them yet!! Dave is coming over next Saturday to get started on the wiring.......... Ken |
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spaghetti I love spaghetti ...varoom goes the engine
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Got the trans cooler installed today along with the Radiator Cooling fan.........And......a lot of wiring stuff inside the car........Dave is coming over Saturday and we hope to get the Engine started........
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Saturday should be a very exciting day.....Looking forward to it.
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Cool mount for the fan...did you make that Ken?
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water jet parts what a cool machine... come on Sat LOL
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Will you be adding a shroud for the fan?
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Bruce.....I had a friend down the street Water Jet it out for me......Hemi....no need for a shroud.....LS engines never get hot!!.......(Those famous last words.....LOL)
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Bruce.....I had a friend down the street Water Jet it out for me......Hemi....no need for a shroud.....LS engines never get hot!!.......(Those famous last words.....LOL) </div></div>
My LS1 runs to cool with a BB radiator, fans almost never runs. Jan |
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Ken...Cool! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
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I hope you are right.
We always use the twin Spal fans and shroud on our conversions for insurance. Good luck. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Bruce.....I had a friend down the street Water Jet it out for me......Hemi....no need for a shroud.....LS engines never get hot!!.......(Those famous last words.....LOL)</div></div> |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jannes_z-28</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Bruce.....I had a friend down the street Water Jet it out for me......Hemi....no need for a shroud.....LS engines never get hot!!.......(Those famous last words.....LOL) </div></div>
My LS1 runs to cool with a BB radiator, fans almost never runs. Jan </div></div> x2. They really have to sit in order to get the fans to kick! |
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Got the air intake system installed and got the radiator hoses ll figured out also....gotta make a couple of adaptors at work tomorrow to get the hose sections to go where they need to go.....When Dave gets here on Saturday it should be almost ready to start..........That engine compartment is getting pretty full......LOL
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nice work Kenny how the heck all that stuff fit under the 37's hood .. thats just how GOOD you are 58 days to go till PT
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How about a live feed from the shop today?
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O.K.........The first item that needed to be adressed was to get the upper radiator hose pieced together and in the correct positions......I had to piece together a couple of hoses and get them connected together.........I made a couple of adaptors at the shop to accomplish this.....
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Cool stuff Ken!
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Dave came over and we started by powering up the fuel pump.....the pump ran but we had no fuel pressure at the rails.....WTF......Checked at the filter ....no fuel,.....but we could hear the pump running and fuel flowing inside the tank.....Hummm!!.....Pull the tank down and found that I didn't have the push on fitting inside the tank snapped on fully and when the line built some pressure it blew itself off.....an hour later it was back in the car and built pressure.....Bingo!!.....That was easy...."AND"........The moment of truth........... Click on the pic and see what happened........LS Engines "ROCK"....
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Cool! Started right up...Here's to you both [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
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Congrats Ken, she sounds great. As far as the radiator hose fittings you made............spoiled brat!
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I love the atmosphere in your garage [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Alrighteee! I know the rath of the fuel connectors. It cost me a 1/3 tank in a mile! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]
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Ya that was fun almost started as fast as the ole Javelin LOL love to here that first startup even smelled good
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Went out in thegarage this morning and finished wiring up the Dakota Digital modules.....Plugged it in and it worked.......I'm officially a Voltmeter guy now.......LOL
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