Its Alive!!!
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From: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Car: '83 Z28, '07 Charger SRT8
Engine: 454ci, 6.1 Hemi
Transmission: TH350, A5
Axle/Gears: 2.73 posi, 3.06 posi
Its Alive!!!
Like I said... ITS ALIVE!!! 
So I fired up the 350 for the first time today, and it fired with authority
. All is well now, except one thing:
You know what its like when WD40 is burning on the exhaust manifolds, right? When there are the fumes burning off? Well, it was doing that today as it was warming up. The only problem with this is that I don't think I got anything on them over the winter. I did put on a new set of valve covers, and I think a little oil might have dripped onto the manifolds while they were off, but not enough to do this... it was smoking (thinly) for about 15 minutes when I shut the motor off.
BTW, oil pressure is pretty good (about 40psi at idle) and the level didn't change. This was both exhaust manifolds too, not just one.
So I fired up the 350 for the first time today, and it fired with authority
. All is well now, except one thing:You know what its like when WD40 is burning on the exhaust manifolds, right? When there are the fumes burning off? Well, it was doing that today as it was warming up. The only problem with this is that I don't think I got anything on them over the winter. I did put on a new set of valve covers, and I think a little oil might have dripped onto the manifolds while they were off, but not enough to do this... it was smoking (thinly) for about 15 minutes when I shut the motor off.
BTW, oil pressure is pretty good (about 40psi at idle) and the level didn't change. This was both exhaust manifolds too, not just one.
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Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Car: '83 Z28, '07 Charger SRT8
Engine: 454ci, 6.1 Hemi
Transmission: TH350, A5
Axle/Gears: 2.73 posi, 3.06 posi
...Sorry, kinda made it sound like this is a new engine. Its not. This is the first time I fired it up since about November. 
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Car: 2002 Formula Firebird
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Transmission: 4l60e
Axle/Gears: 3.23
What was it?
Normally anytime you touch them with nasty hands they will smoke alittle when first fired up again. Was that the problem?
Normally anytime you touch them with nasty hands they will smoke alittle when first fired up again. Was that the problem?
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