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GOOD LUCK ! , Yeah that's why I thought about getting edelbrock finned covers ( because I have aluminum edelbrock heads) .thought the fit would be...
GOOD LUCK ! Like I said mine is old school intake so I got the PCV & breather towards firewall & front oil fill tube / breather at front of engine...
YEAH IM LEAVING IT & IF I GET ANOTHER ENGINE , GOING SAME WAY.SEAMS GOOD SO FAR . TAKE IT EASY BROTHER & THANKS!
It's NOT 3 breathers .As stated (1) breather on one valve cover & the other valve cover has a PCV valve that ( looks ) like the other breather ....
Jaracer , guess I'm good with (2) breathers & a PCV .One at the front( intake oil fill tube ) , one at the rear (valve cover) & one PCV on other...
Thanks 05snopro440 , yes I used the blue silicone ones still leaked ,went back to cork with a litte sealant .I'm using no name finned covers with...
The PCV valve uses the engine's vacuum to pull air through the crankcase and reintroduce it back into the intake manifold system. LINK : PCV...
Wow really learned alot & glad this discussion opened up . My one breather is on one valve cover the other ( breather looking PCV valve ) has the...
That's what I was told ,that its good for it to breath & if possible put them at different corners for flow through ( which I'm not sure about ,...
Damn ,that things breathing more than mine for sure! Lol. Never saw breathers on valve covers like that.
Hello again Hambers ! Was just talking about engine (SBC) breathers . So a guy was telling me that it's OK to have (3) breathers on my SBC , it...
I agree .I know next to nothing about how to chop a car , but when I come across a project that soneone is selling that is chopped is DID they...
National Chevy Association catalogs have some pictures of where plugs , rubber seals ,grommets go if you haven't checked there .
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY ? HOW MANY DO YOU NEED ?
IMO ( not that anyone is asking) is that it depends on who is DOING the Chop .I'm sure we all have seen beautiful chopped cars & awful chopped...
Well other than making your own out of stainless & polishing which im not doing.Yes ,I think they look better than the stock 1954 head light look...
Hello , just a heads up . I Put the Jeffrey Allen style headlight visors on my 1954 Chevy . They were purchased at National Chevy Association....
1 TRICKFLOW billet in between edelbrock ( mechanical ) pump . PUMP - LINE TO FILTER/ GAUGE THEN TO QUICKFUEL 680SS CARB ALL NEW . Found shit in...
So started off troubleshooting Bass Akwards . I pulled the plugs & Checked condition. ALL looked pretty good ,( slight off white or gray electrode...
I believe the stock caps are vented ,you CANNOT loosen they are either locked on or unlocked to which they will fall off . This was on another...
Yeah that's my thought or I would need to up on the rears awhile lol
We will see ,when new gauge gets here. Not sure where I got the gauge it jumps around ,then settles at 6# ,but like I said after warmed up...
ROGER THAT! But also I need to remember that the thing ran fine at cruising 35- 60mph ,not a hiccup. But when I nailed it from the green ( with...
Thanks ,That is going on the check list as well as vaporlock for cutouts being close to fuel line . So far only checked choke linkage bind (...
Yes they are inside frame rail .And cutouts dump is 2-3" away . I could wrap the fuel line with some heat shield I got.
Yeah I have 3/8" line .My first thought was edelbrock mech pump not able to keep up with the demand .Gonna start with visual , Choke , plugs...
No ,new tank ,new line .All metal from tank to mechanical Edelbrock pump .then AN hose from pump to Quickfuel 680ss carb .
Well it all started trying to run tank down, to put higher octane to eliminate dieseling problem 9q Octane . Then in traffic she died . Started...
Fuel pump is a Edelbrock mechanical . Fuel psi ( idle 6 psi) .
Tom ,I'm gonna hit highway , ( NO CUT OUTS) & SEE how she does . FULL throttle , passing gear , the whole nut .This will separate cut out s .Then...
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