What have you done to your square lately??

[Sgt Gus]

I'm just getting caught back up here on the gas tank discussion. Are you saying your senders are under the bed? Every shortbed 16 gallon tank I've ever seen has the sender under the cab like soundmound's truck. Mine are that way as well. Only the longbed trucks got had the sender under the bed (20 gal tank, not sure where it landed on longbeds optioned with the 16gal tank/tanks)

On our 87 silverado (two 20's) the senders are pretty much between the cab and bed. So far, pulled down and fixed drivers. Whew doggies!

 

[Sgt Gus]

Y'all are bad influences.. all this tank talk..

Just placed an order for 2 new ones.

How do I tell my wife what I've done?

New tanks? 16 or 20's. Metal or poly?

 

[Ajax19]

I just removed the pos edelbrock carb and it looks like i won't need the adapter for the quadrajet like I thought I would. It looks like a spread bore intake is already on it. Right?

You must be registered for see images attach

The quadrajet should bolt right up I'm thinking. Or would it hurt to use the adapter plate?

You must be registered for see images attach

Id try with that's a cool looking adapter and yea that's a dual plane manifold perfect for daily truck dutys

 

[Ajax19]

Condensed video from the other day better quality and some front cam footage of the rescue lol

xc_hide_links_from_guests_guests_error_hide_media

 

[Rustisbest]

355 SBC, about 10:1. Cam unknown, runs about 15-16 mmHg at 750 rpm. Timing is set to 35 total at about 3000, initial is 14 deg. Edelbrock 650 CFM AVS2. 461 60s era Camelhump heads.

Will it rev clean in park/neutral?
What converter and trans?
Just my opinion but you're missing 3 or more degrees of timing with those heads

 

[Ajax19]

I know someone was watching for the bull bar build and I have not forgotten I'm working on it today some changes I have some leftover 4x3" 1/4" angle to upgrade the brackets and some 2" .120 Dom and some 6" 1/4" plate and I have some extra 5/8" grade 8 bolts that I think I will use so this should be a stout unit im about 80$ into it for the steel and bolts I will get some measurements and entire thing can be built with just a few tools vise grips,angle grinder a drill and welder

 

[ChuckN]

Will it rev clean in park/neutral?
What converter and trans?
Just my opinion but you're missing 3 or more degrees of timing with those heads

The stall is too tight and stock. That’s for sure.

Three degrees? Which direction?

I called Edelbrock and they told me to put it back to ported timing, and back the advance off to 10-12 initial. Snowing and cold here, no way to test on street for a while. Mostly, I think he was just trying to get me off the phone.

Edit- yes it revs clean, but since it has no drag on it in park, I’m not sure I can really discern that.

 

[Ajax19]

Measurements so far won't know the bar length until I get the brackets on the truck

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

 

[Rustisbest]

The stall is too tight and stock. That’s for sure.

Three degrees? Which direction?

I called Edelbrock and they told me to put it back to ported timing, and back the advance off to 10-12 initial. Snowing and cold here, no way to test on street for a while. Mostly, I think he was just trying to get me off the phone.

Edit- yes it revs clean, but since it has no drag on it in park, I’m not sure I can really discern that.

I would experiment with 3 degrees more and see how it drives when weather clears. It should raise the idle speed and allow you to close up the throttle plates to lower the idle...giving you more transition fuel. Might wind up resetting mixture screws also. If its better but you get some knock you'll have to limit the total advance with springs/weights or adding a stop. Never had anything run better on ported but every engine is different. What I do when messing with this stuff like this is write all my settings down so I can just go back to where i started if it gets worse. It's free other than your time.

Stock cam is gonna make torque right off idle where the bigger cam the torque is shifted up. A looser stall will the engine to accelerate quicker since its not loading the engine as much and let's it "flash" over the dead spot....similar to revving in neutral. Just my opinion. Sorry for the long winded response lol