My Inheritance

[Turbo Zach]

Serpentine setup may be long waterpump setup for 69 and up pumps.

It is. I did a little research after I posted. The polished pump does not have the holes it should. I have another pump at my mother's house. My dad told me I was supposed to of used that pump not the polished one. It is a higher flow. I will have to stop by there this week and get it.

 

[Turbo Zach]

I've been following your post and happy that you have part of your father to keep and constantly remind you. I'd like to through my 2 cents at installing Caltracs. I went with the split mono and sliders in the rear and never had a problem hooking at any track I go to.

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Such a beautiful chassis covered up by a plain white rapper. There needs to be some changes made to the rear of the car. Tire fitment is very limited, but for now I am focused on getting it on the road and somewhat reliable. Thanks for the recommendations. Anything else you guys see let me know. I will keep it in mind for future upgrades.

 

[bracketchev1221]

It is. I did a little research after I posted. The polished pump does not have the holes it should. I have another pump at my mother's house. My dad told me I was supposed to of used that pump not the polished one. It is a higher flow. I will have to stop by there this week and get it.

I had an Edelbrock Victor pump on my chevelle. I ran 9.30's with that pump and never had an issue turning it to 7600 on mine.

 

[Turbo Zach]

It has been a busy past to weekends working on the car. So I found out that I needed a long nose water pump to go with the new brackets. So I bought a new pump. I masked up the front of the engine and did a little painting.

Then I mounted the new belt drive system. That is when the snow ball rolled down hill. I researched for a couple hours trying to find electric fans that would clear the new water pump and pullies. I even took the fans off the Monte to test fit. I ended up going to my mom's house and scrounged around. I found a 12 inch fan and some sheet metal. So I built my own.

I robbed a 10 inch fan from the previous setup. So it has a 10 inch fan and a 12 inch fan. I don't think it turned out too bad? Last week I made up a fan drive board and wired everything thing up.

I made it so I can hide it in the fender.

I ran the car to get the coolant level back to normal level. After running the car for half hour I found the fuel gauge is still loosing pressure, even after I changed the seliniod to a relay. I did a little research on the pump. It is Berry Grant 280 pump. You can only run it with out a return fuel line for short periods. (Drag race only) I found out there is a speed shop 10 miles from my house on Friday. They are also open to 4:30 on Saturdays. I had to watch my kids till 2 and then I could leave. I went to Story City to the speed shop. It is mostly for stock car stuff, but they have a lot of inventory. They didn't have a return pressure regulator for a carb on hand. Well shoot. So I ended up buying a smaller fuel pump that can be dead headed, but not really recommended. I bought a pump, an fittings, hose, and a filter for 130 bucks. I got a little side tracked on the way home and did not get to work until 8:30. I worked to 11 before I quit. This morning I got up and got to work at 8. Got the car running. Had to fix a couple fuel leaks and finish a few loose ends. I washed and cleaned the car all up and made the car show at 11:30.

This show was only five miles from my house, so it was a good maiden voyage. The wife and kids showed up and so did Grandma.

It was a good time.

 

[Turbo Zach]

So now how it drove. Awesome, except for a few glitches. I think I have a 5000 stall converter in the transmission not a 3500 stall like I thought. I have 3:70 gears now. It was running 6000 rpm at 60 mph. There was not much difference in witch gear I was in 2nd or third. Seems like it slips until you hit 5000 rpm and then grabs and goes. I am not sure how many rpm I should be turning at 60 mph. Some were around 3000 I figure. Sound about right what is going on? It is a 400 turbo transmission with a manual valve body. What recommendations do you guys have for a new converter? So on the way home I kept my foot into it. Only logical thing to do right? Once I got home the coolant temp was creeping up there. 210° I am not sure if the fan setup is going to work or it was running hot because of the RPMs? I also found the fuel pressure gauge was reading too low again. So I will be adding a fuel return to the system soon.

 

[Turbo Zach]

Here is some highlights from the show. Cars that drawed my attention i guess.

My favorites.

This is my Dad's Cousins car.

It was good to see him, and he was thrilled to see my Dad's car out. Hope you enjoy.

 

[DRIVEN]

Love this car!

No recommendations on convertor but it has to be generating a bunch of heat running around like that.

 

[Turbo Zach]

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Love this car!

No recommendations on convertor but it has to be generating a bunch of heat running around like that.

Thanks. It was high 80's with a lot of humidity to boot. When it was idling the other night it never got past 185- 190.

 

[DRIVEN]

190 is great for something like that. I wasn't necessarily meaning one effects the other, but it can't be doing the transmission any favors.

 

[motorheadmike]

Yeah, don't risk boiling the transmission fluid. There are lots of great TH400 converters out there these days. Call a few companies and see what they recommend. I'd guess you're going to end up with a tight 4000 (flash) stall unit.