Just bought a V-8 out of San Diego |
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Just bought a V-8 out of San Diego |
sellhammer |
Mar 13 2014, 12:12 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 9-March 14 From: seattle Member No.: 17,096 Region Association: None |
I just bought a V-8 conversion out of San Diego. Was looking for some input on it. I know the Tranny is a weak point in these conversions. Has anyone had any issues with these blowing up at high revs? Also any idea of what my future looks like with this car? Maintenance, headaches, anything un expected. I am a first time poster and am looking for any info i can get. I posted the link below.
http://clients.automanager.com/005654/vehi...door+coupe.html |
Maltese Falcon |
Mar 13 2014, 09:46 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,685 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None |
Make some permanent bracketing on that rippled radiator hose near the outboard water pump.
When the heat of the engine bay causes the large zip tie to fail, that coolant hose will get munched on the pump pulley. Also with the coolant copper piping running under the unibody AVOID speed bumps. Also your brake prop. valve is replaced with a tee fitting, but some folks like to run with it, do a search and read up on this. Replace the dust boot over the (firewall) shifter joint for good measures. Otherwise it is a clean Renegade car ! Marty |
crawler |
Mar 13 2014, 01:23 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 25-July 08 From: mesa, Arizona Member No.: 9,356 Region Association: None |
Make some permanent bracketing on that rippled radiator hose near the outboard water pump. When the heat of the engine bay causes the large zip tie to fail, that coolant hose will get munched on the pump pulley. Also with the coolant copper piping running under the unibody AVOID speed bumps. Also your brake prop. valve is replaced with a tee fitting, but some folks like to run with it, do a search and read up on this. Replace the dust boot over the (firewall) shifter joint for good measures. Otherwise it is a clean Renegade car ! Marty Did someone use copper pipe?It looks like something you would see in some-ones home. I would change that to some thing that will last.You can do better. |
Andyrew |
Mar 13 2014, 01:46 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Make some permanent bracketing on that rippled radiator hose near the outboard water pump. When the heat of the engine bay causes the large zip tie to fail, that coolant hose will get munched on the pump pulley. Also with the coolant copper piping running under the unibody AVOID speed bumps. Also your brake prop. valve is replaced with a tee fitting, but some folks like to run with it, do a search and read up on this. Replace the dust boot over the (firewall) shifter joint for good measures. Otherwise it is a clean Renegade car ! Marty Did someone use copper pipe?It looks like something you would see in some-ones home. I would change that to some thing that will last.You can do better. Copper pipe is fine. This is a clean conversion and it obviously works. I dont think its a renegade car, the cooling setup is much different. Great looking car! Looks well sorted and has high quality parts on it. What did you pick it up for? |
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