my little bonneville project progress thread
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Nice undercarriage but.. PLEASE! get jackstands.
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got hands on a puller with a long enough threaded rod to yank pulley. woodruff key should come right out from crank correct? the old balancer was so shot i am hoping the key did not get banged around so much causing damage to key/slot.
not wanting to pull oil filter/housing engine cover...
got hands on a puller with a long enough threaded rod to yank pulley. woodruff key should come right out from crank correct? the old balancer was so shot i am hoping the key did not get banged around so much causing damage to key/slot.
not wanting to pull oil filter/housing engine cover...
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i took my first ride in a l67 powered car. 
fuel pressure hits 45psi max during prime and falls back to 42. stays @ 42psi on ilde and goes to 46 with vacuum line off fpr. i thought i read somehwere that it should be 48-52??
fuel pressure hits 45psi max during prime and falls back to 42. stays @ 42psi on ilde and goes to 46 with vacuum line off fpr. i thought i read somehwere that it should be 48-52??
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Have you checked out the fuel filter? You shouldn't need a pump replacement after just those few miles. Also, you shouldn't be running lean with that pressure anyway. It'* probably going to be a concern if you start modding the engine.
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Originally Posted by radomirthegreat
Have you checked out the fuel filter? You shouldn't need a pump replacement after just those few miles. Also, you shouldn't be running lean with that pressure anyway. It'* probably going to be a concern if you start modding the engine.
maybe my test gauge reads low but i doubt it
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Are you going to mod the car a whole lot? You seem to be all set to ride like that for a long, long time. That fuel pressure is really good, in fact. Mine is about 39, and I went to the stock pulley to stop anything from going wrong. Sure, something can still go bad, but the car is running fine.
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well now that it is established that the engine runs [and well] and the transmission shifts nicely i need to change all the belts, hoses on it. so i figured it would be a practical time to put a smaller pulley on the supercharger. car will also need an exhaust some time soon so why not upgrade.
the fact that it'* my mothers car i won't do anything more than that. she won't even ride in my cars...
the fact that it'* my mothers car i won't do anything more than that. she won't even ride in my cars...
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Chris, since you're not doing much more to it, please don't do anything to the exhaust because it'* perfectly good enough. The car won't be as skippy off the line if you put on wider exhaust piping.
But for the money you save with that, you could do a cold air intake or even a fender well intake. That would be far, far better.
But for the money you save with that, you could do a cold air intake or even a fender well intake. That would be far, far better.