62 Belvedere 318 poly granny cruiser (one day i hope)

[ckessel]

Ordered the max flows.. should be able to put them on next weekend.. They are supposedly the quietest at idle/cruise then come alive at WOT.. Will see how it goes.. i probably should have gone with 2.5" exhaust.. but i always overdo ****.. bad habit

I too have a tendency to overdo stuff sometimes.

 

[icetech]

New car shopping is a PITA. Ford has major issues with their water pumps because of location, GM has transmission issues, Stellantis has problems with everything. Hate to say it but Toyota seems to have the best vehicles right now. I'm in Oakland county and it's damn hot and humid.
Waiting for temps to drop below 70* and humidity below 50% so I can finish painting my '63.

yeah.. the humidity is horrible this year.. it just shuts me right down. And yeah.. thinking bout the Tacoma.. every brand i read about has issues it seems.. And my 3.6l water pump has been weaping for 2 years already.. just not bad enough to deal with.

 

[icetech]

FTI just called.... Converter is on it's way back.. had it restalled to 3800(ish) from 3200... so now i have a spare.. gonna keep the current 3200 in the car for now and maybe try the 3800 when the new motor is done (no idea when that might be)

I will say FTI was a joy to deal with... John went through stuff with me and gave me a deal on checking it out and restalling it.. Super happy with them and would buy again.

 

[icetech]

New mufflers are here, showed up early... should have them on in a day or 2 depending on heat/lazy

 

[wedgie]

FTI just called.... Converter is on it's way back.. had it restalled to 3800(ish) from 3200... so now i have a spare.. gonna keep the current 3200 in the car for now and maybe try the 3800 when the new motor is done (no idea when that might be)

I will say FTI was a joy to deal with... John went through stuff with me and gave me a deal on checking it out and restalling it.. Super happy with them and would buy again.

Convertor for the '64 727? Stock early input or did you put later model input in it?

 

[icetech]

Convertor for the '64 727? Stock early input or did you put later model input in it?

Later input, i looked for months for a 19? spline and gave up.. found a trans for $100 and swapped parts...

Went out and got the passenger exhaust done.. tomorrow the drivers..

Starting to look bad near the muffler, i weld the mufflers to the head pipe, had to cut them off twice now and add some pipe back. No one will see it but me though.


And now i get to check my garage 20 times before bed for fires...

 

[icetech]

K.. hooker mufflers are nice... car is not too loud at idle now... still crazy raspy at wot which i hate soo much. I think the tailpipes are causing it. I usually run turn downs before the axle.. but went all out the back this time and it's horrible on the gas.

Brakes are still crazy scary, no idea what to do about that

And here's something i find odd.. using a thermal gun (love it) my 1-2 header pipes are around 475, 3-4 525ish, but 5-6 are both like 625... huge jump... 7-8 are like 525 again. Must be the way the coolant flows? found it odd...

Wondering if i should go back to turn downs or maybe find skinny resonators for after the axle...