Well, lots of you guys have probably seen the threads about all the $hit I've been going through with this car lately, but it all worked out for the better! I got the oil pump fixed, got it mostly tuned right, and it runs like a top.

I know some of you are gonna knock my choice of intake, but as Five7 always says "run what ya got" and thats what I had. I like it too... low end grunt feels the same as stock, but its got a REALLY nice high rpm howl now!!

Is it really necessary to change the vacuum hose for the brakes to a steel line though?

 

Another...

 

BTW - for those who don't know what I was talking about with the oil pump, heres a pic of what I found when the pan came off.

(HINT - look at the slot where the driveshaft connects to the pump)

 

I've seen that before....

Nice engine. I think thats the first time I've ever seen the alt. fan painted the same as the water pump/block

 

Nice looking setup!

As for your question - no, the power brakes vac line does not have to be metal (in fact, I've never seen one that was)

 

The stock line going to the Qjet was steel up to the check valve, and rubber hose after that.

So it is fine to use just rubber like I did?

 

id say so thats the way they came from the factory if you replaced the factory rubber line just make sure its as thick as the factory stuff as in wall thickness

 

AFAIK, you couldn't have screwed that metal brake booster line into the back of that carb anyway, so it's a moot point. Rubber hose is fine.

Looks nice!!

BTW...what happened to your L69?? Is it just me, or does it seem like a lot of us have switched out the L69's lately?

 

L69 is on the engine stand right now

 

I must have missed what happened to your oil pump.

 

My theory: It somehow basically hydro-locked and snapped the two teeth off of it.

But I got a new pump in there now, and it works beautifully. At running temp, its got about 35lbs at idle, around 60 at WOT.

 

More likely it got a chunk of something in there somehow. Did you weld the pick-up tube on?

Glad you figured it out, though.

 

What a coincidence - That's where mine is!

 

Na, the pickup was brazed on. And thanks

 

Is your engine supposed to be blue? I thought they were supposed to be black, tho I did paint mine orange like an old chevy

 

That looks better than stock for sure! Now you need to put on your headers and get something to properly route your spark plug wire.

The track is only open this weekend and next before it closes if you were thinking of taking it down the 1320.

 

Hmm... Maybe I should take it out to SIR... might be fun

 

Your gonna melt your spark plug wires.

 

Nice! just get rid of that paper edelbrock air filter and get you a nice K&N

 

Plug wires have been rerouted, and they are now really purdyful, and won't burn up!

 

I am going out tomorrow morning at about 8:00 am. Its a points race but you can run in S/L with the rest of us F-Body guys. Do you work Saturday or/or Sunday?

 

I don't work tomorrow or sunday, so maybe I'll try to get out there.

Whats it cost to get in to race?

 

Its $20 a day to race in SL. You get 3 hits in the morning and then setup into the brackets. If you decide to go and want to meet at my place and head out together let me know.