Recent content by Coyote Jack

Took it for a shakedown run of a few miles today. All seems well. I'll know more after a few more miles. Who knows with the Fitech. I will be calling them tomorrow as it was still under warranty. Jack

Life finally got out of the way and I was able to put the engine back together today. Everything went well until I went to start it up. I have no idea how it happened but the ECU on my Fitech system decided it was time to pack it in. Absolutely not power to it. All fuses were good so I don't...

I have a Champion 3 core aluminum radiator. I believe the width and height are the same as a stock 340 radiator. I have a very narrow flex fan and no shroud, no room for a shroud. My fan is only about 3/4 of an inch from the radiator. Close, but not touching. I ran an electric fan system at...

I am running a FiTech EFI dual 4 setup and control the fuel with it. At idle my afr is 14 to 1. At cruise not under boost I go to 13 to 1. When under boost it is 11 to 1. This is a pretty rich setup that helps to cool everything down. I also run my temps at 156 degrees. The only time it goes...

I started out at 28 degrees. I slowly upped 1 degree at a time to the 31 degrees. I even drove it trying to get a ping out of it and never did. The engine just seems happiest at 31 degrees. I even upped the boost to 12 lbs once and got on it for a couple of short bursts. The only thing that did...

The retorquing is something I was thinking of doing not what I have done in the past. A straight edge goes on it tomorrow, I didn't get a chance to look at it today. Life got in the way. I did put 5 gallons of fresh gas in before I started it in April. I did start it a couple of times during...

None of the plugs were damaged. One was fouled a little. I run my fuel mixture a little on the rich side to start with and that is what 7 of the plugs showed. It was just #6 that was fouled and that was the one that the gasket showed as the worst. Jack

After lots of thought I have decided what I am going to do. I decide to go with the Fel Pro 1008 gaskets again. Reasons for this. I can get them locally, they lasted 11 years the first time, I do not have to remove the engine to have it resurfaced. That's a big one. Don't have to have the heads...

There is something else that I failed to mention for some reason. I think it is important in this discussion. When I was loosening the head bolts on both sides I could not believe how easy it was to turn some of them. I am used to really having to reef on the strongbar to loosen head bolts. Some...

I don't pull any timing. I have my timing locked at 31 degrees. It seems to work well for this engine. Remember it has been together for 11 years and about 1500 miles per year. And I drive it, not baby it, just ask the wife. lol Jack

Most of the time I am right at 9 lbs of boost when I get on it. Jack

I just came back in from taking the drivers side head off. It was pretty much the same story as the passenger side, just not as bad. It looks like I am going to get out of this with just some gaskets. I did check into what my pressures should be and it looks like with an 8.2 to 1 engine like I...

Strange, I go to Summit and they all say special order. Mancini and Jegs have them as well though. Jack

I was just checking out the cometics. There is a 4 week wait at minimum. That's nuts. I wonder what other options there are? Jack

Yes they were. Jack