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About the gaskets, I'm really not getting anywhere with cometic yet. Its kind of a slow process it seems. I'd like to get the ball rolling on something though because I want to get this engine put back together and running by next summer.
So far the truck seems to run well with the NA 6.9 out of that other truck. I had a Flowmaster super 40 installed since I couldn't run the straight 5" exhaust without a turbo. It was so loud it was killing me. The flowmaster is a 4" in 4" out type so it should flow plenty well for a NA engine.
The truck has a few issues I'd like to work out this weekend before driving it the 200 miles to my new place. The brakes are very stiff like theres no vacuum but I tested the vacuum pump and its putting out plenty of vacuum.
Second, when I went to start it the first time with this new engine I pushed on the clutch and heard this loud bang and the clutch pedal went to the floor. I discovered the bang was the firewall breaking in half, I have a plate my dad made back in 1984 to repair the cracked firewall on my grandpas truck so I'm gonna use that.
Third, it takes allot of slipping in 2nd or a 1st gear takeoff to get the truck moving, which makes me think theres a brake holding up but I can't figure out which one.
Fourth, my fuel pressure regulator is still leaking fuel like mad and I'm ready to throw it in the trash. The only way to make a holley FPR seal is to redesign it and cut it for orings on the fittings or something. Honestly I don't know why they ever though pipe thread would seal. They should have used a flared fitting instead.
So far the truck seems to run well with the NA 6.9 out of that other truck. I had a Flowmaster super 40 installed since I couldn't run the straight 5" exhaust without a turbo. It was so loud it was killing me. The flowmaster is a 4" in 4" out type so it should flow plenty well for a NA engine.
The truck has a few issues I'd like to work out this weekend before driving it the 200 miles to my new place. The brakes are very stiff like theres no vacuum but I tested the vacuum pump and its putting out plenty of vacuum.
Second, when I went to start it the first time with this new engine I pushed on the clutch and heard this loud bang and the clutch pedal went to the floor. I discovered the bang was the firewall breaking in half, I have a plate my dad made back in 1984 to repair the cracked firewall on my grandpas truck so I'm gonna use that.
Third, it takes allot of slipping in 2nd or a 1st gear takeoff to get the truck moving, which makes me think theres a brake holding up but I can't figure out which one.
Fourth, my fuel pressure regulator is still leaking fuel like mad and I'm ready to throw it in the trash. The only way to make a holley FPR seal is to redesign it and cut it for orings on the fittings or something. Honestly I don't know why they ever though pipe thread would seal. They should have used a flared fitting instead.