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  1. *fart*

    74 620 V8 Swap

    Yeah I used something similar to dynamat. From a company called B-Quiet, its a stick back heat shield and sound deadener.. should check it out... its like half the price of dynamat!
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Couple Photos of that leather hood scoop cover I made last summer.
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Haha thanks man! Your right Mike. 2 pedals means automatic, 3 pedal is manual. 👍
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Couple shots of the interior work i got finished last summer. Got some german square weave carpet laid, and made some leather kick panels for the corners. Still want to make some new door cards, and have to rework the bench seat.
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Lol.. May have set up a little bit of a troll trap. Truck is running awesome.... Only thing that sucks is the super high rear end gearing and weak leaf springs. Makes for nice burnouts though! Drawing up some plans now to narrow the rear frame rails to fit a Ford 9" and some bigger meats in the back. Got the interior 75% finished or so... have to post up some photos of that a little later... Still working on getting some more heat shielding done. Truck runs nice and cool most of the time, until I sit at 4 or 5 stop lights in a row in warmer weather it gets a little warm. And yes i have a temp gauge. 😂
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Does this every time i press the gas! 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Been a while since ive posted here... not sure if i ran the engine too hot or something. Maybe Datzenmike was right... But almost everytime I drive the car now it seems to be smoking badly. Maybe a blown headgasket?? Ill try and post a video later...
  8. I say go for it! There are tons of tricks to help lower compression for little cost... I was just reading the other day about a set up that would manually retard ignition timing for nitrous systems. Something about bleeding the vacuum to a vacuum advance distributor... Rising rate fuel pressure reg and alot of playing with settings...
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Im gonna attempt to keep this thread on the rails. Got some little jobs done here and there. Started getting the floor sound deadened and heat shielded in order to get it prepped for carpet. Spent some time over the past few days and got a leather shifter boot made. This is the first boot ive done and I think it came out pretty clean. I even managed to get the last french seam sewn as I closed up the loop. Will look nice peekin through some carpet i hope! Also this closes off the hole pretty well to the tranny. Only a couple more "holes" in the tub i gotta close up!
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Im over it man. I dont even understand what you are accusing me of disagreeing about LoL. I was just wondering if a restrictor plate would help shed some degrees. It looks like it wont help so im not going to do it. Lol. As far as whether you think I cant remember to turn on the fan when the temp gauge gets too hot, ill chalk that up to the fact that you dont know me.
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    No offense man but im basically agreeing with what you are saying. How is the premise faulty that a stock water pump doesnt pump as much volume at idle as it does at high rpm? The water flow is slowed down and the heat generated by the engine is slowed down as its at idle and not under load. As far as the fan switches im going to do whatever i want with my truck. The truck was stolen out of my driveway which is why i had to swap the motor. The LAST thing that I will let happen is someone else drive my truck. This whole thread you have been chiming in with negativity. Im all for constructive criticism but you can take you lectures and leave them somewhere else.... Thanks
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Yeah thats basically what i was thinking when saying restrictor plate.. Ive read that at idle and city driving water moving slower through the rad will have longer time for air from the fan to pass through and cool. Just like the stock rpm reliant pump would do in traffic. But then at higher rpms the water flow on the electric would be too restricted to cool the car at freeway speeds... Right now the only cooling problem i have is too small of a fan. Once i upgrade fans and fine tune the cooling system a little bit i should be fine. I have the system separated by toggle switches so i can easily start the engine and let it warm up before i even kick the water pump or fans on. An electronic controller might be worth looking into as i could automatically kick on the main or aux fans at different temperatures and only work the water pump above a certain temp...
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    You cant run a regular thermostat with an electric waterpump with no bypass. When the thermo shuts the electric pump will build up pressure and burn out... Where as a stock pump has a bypass route. This was blocked off on my application... I think if i ran an external bypass i could run a stock thermo... As far as the restrictor plate it was just what i was reading at the time.. After reading more it looks like you are right.. most flow is the best! I just gotta get another fan!
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Heat shields are going to be top priority this winter. I still have to make a restrictor plate for where the thermostat goes. Since im running an electric pump i cant use a normal thermostat, but most people recommend just a steel plate with holes drilled to slow down the water flow so more heat exchange can take place. As far as the drivetrain goes, the motor has more than enough power now to spin one rear wheel almost whenever i want...Right now i just have some shitty swirl port heads on the motor. I was searching locally and craigslist and came across a couple sets of used Edlebrock aluminum heads for around 350-500. Now these would still have to go to a machine shop but they are out there. Cam and rocker choice will prob be dictated by the heads once i find a set. There are also a couple race car swap meets around here at some of the local circle tracks... Im hoping i can shop around and score a good carb and intake for reasonable amount. The rear end is going to be the next major project. Right now im still looking at the Ford 8.8 Explorer rear end with lsd, but ive been looking into some ford 9" rear ends too. Thats going to be this winters work. im def gonna look into getting some custom springs made. Right now i can almost feel the axle wrap you are talking about. I have 2" lowering blocks on the back and im sure my spring bushings are pretty rotted. But once the truck starts hooking up its going to be a problem.
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    74 620 V8 Swap

    Tried to keep the hood scoop low key. Im gonna make a leather stitched cover for the back 2/3 of the scoop... then ill have some attachment points so i can put a rain cover on it... Not sure what you mean about having problems with the headers later... other than heat! lol... I still have a good amount of heat shielding to make, and will probably end up at least partially wrapping the headers/downpipes... Also the entire exhaust system is just kind of made to get by for now. I hate how low it has to hang, but it is 3" dual. Winter is coming here so im just trying to do as many shakedown miles as i can before i pull some stuff apart for the winter. Biggest project for the winter will be swapping the rear end and getting another custom driveshaft made. Will probably reinforce the frame in the rear end a little bit. Maybe research a homemade ladder/4 link setup. Then once the rearend is done ill focus more on the motor. Goal is to make 400-500 hp range... on the tightest budget i can... lol... And of course there are a million other little things to do... Need to freshen up the front end a little... back when i was driving this truck 5 years ago i had a laundry list of stuff to do before it was stolen... pretty sure i have a front wheel bearing on its way out... but i think i have it in my stash somewhere..
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