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Old 01-23-2011, 06:18 PM
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very nice!!!!

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Old 01-23-2011, 08:16 PM
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very nice!!!!
Ditto! Congrats on the work again so far...

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Old 01-23-2011, 09:40 PM
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Thanks! I am going to have her running in less then a month. I am excited to get this thing on the road again.

Hopefully I will surprise a few unknowing cars with a "stock" appearing motor.

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Old 02-13-2011, 12:05 AM
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Well guys, I had the car towed to a local shop to have her finished up. The new fuel line is going to be installed, brakes adjusted, alignment, and some other final touches. I am hoping on Tuesday I will be cruising around once again!

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Old 02-18-2011, 12:41 AM
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Turns out I have spent the week working on the car LOL. It is done, except for wiring the ignition, and dropping in the distributor. Tomorrow I should have it fired up!

And maybe next Friday will be the first track day!

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Old 02-18-2011, 08:41 PM
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Well today was a complete failure. The MSD box decided to take a crap on me so I had to buy a new one. And in trying to start the car I figured out that my RobbMc fuel pump does not make contact with the fuel ecentric.

So I had to take out the pump, and send it back. Now I am out $240, with no fuel pump till at least the end of next week.

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Well today was a complete failure. The MSD box decided to take a crap on me so I had to buy a new one. And in trying to start the car I figured out that my RobbMc fuel pump does not make contact with the fuel ecentric.

So I had to take out the pump, and send it back. Now I am out $240, with no fuel pump till at least the end of next week.
I know I'm behind the curve on a lot of this aftermarket performance equipment...but what's special about that fuel pump? Seems pretty $teep for a mechanical pump.
Why not go electric if you're going non stock anyway?

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Old 02-19-2011, 08:48 AM
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The MSD box is what cost $240. The pump was around $200, and I had purchased that awhile ago along with a 1/2 pickup. I really wanted to stay with a mechanical setup for simplicity purposes, and I didn't want the noise associated with an electric unit.

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Well I installed a cheapo pump from Oreilly's just to see if it would work and it did. So the fuel problem was due to an issue with the RobbMc unit. I already have the faulty pump going back, and RobbMc will be sending me a new one.

I snapped a couple of quick pictures. Next post will hopefully be one of the first start of a 500HP Pontiac 400 !



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Old 02-22-2011, 08:12 PM
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Got it fired up today, and man did it sound nasty.. The car sounded extremely healthy. Brakes and exhaust are getting done tomorrow along with a few minor things.

Will be driving it this weekend!

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Old 03-04-2011, 12:54 AM
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Running!


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You'd better slow down or you're going to hit that wall.
Oh!...you mean the car...lol
Sounds nasty!

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The car looks absolutly awsome!

You must deal drugs on the side. When I was 19 and going to school I was excited to afford stamped 1.6 rockers.

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Old 03-04-2011, 09:33 PM
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Lol thanks for the kind words. I worked, and saved up to finally accomplish a dream I had since I was 16.

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Awesome!! I can't wait to get to that point!

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Old 03-06-2011, 09:12 PM
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It's a lot of fustration, but once you get behind the wheel you forget about it all.

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