I had some requests for these pics,  I’ll post descriptions tomorrow.

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Rich from Cruzin Performance called today to give me the report on the injectors. After running multiple tests, he couldn’t find any issues.  Injector #8, that we thought might be a problem, is flowing just fine. In fact the entire set was working so well, that Rich didn’t think that cleaning them would make a [...]

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Last Saturday I picked up the modified headers. Each of the primaries now has an EGT bung. Bungs are tapped 1/8 NPT and for now we have the block-off plugs installed. The welds look good, but I want to run them to make sure we don’t have any leaks before sending them out to have [...]

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When the injectors were new they were nicely matched and flowed 43.8 – 43.9 lb/h @ 43.5 psi. The injectors are packaged and ready to make a trip to Cruzin Performance to be cleaned and flow tested. When I get the report back from Rich, I’ll post the before and after results.

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The lightning rods are repaired.

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Last night Mike, Rik and I did about 15 minutes work measuring the clearance between the left side header and the Procharger. We wanted to make sure we had room for the EGT sensor. After checking the clearance RIk should be ready to start the drilling holes and welding. Before we arrived Mike had CC’d [...]

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After looking at all the pistons and consulting with several experts it looks like #8 burned up do to running lean and detination. Unfortunately, this lean condition was not detected by the Wide Band O2 sensors. The wide band sensor is installed in the header collector and it measures an average across all four cylinders [...]

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We I got the call today and the damage was worse than I thought. The converter needs bushing, bearings and clutch plates. The good news is I can pick up the repaired converter tomorrow.

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I dropped off the torque converter at PhD Converters this afternoon. Unfortunately, I arrived to late in the day for them to cut the converter open while I watched.  The plan is to Cut, Clean and Weld the converter, but I won’t know if there is any damage until Monday morning.

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