Champagne with your Whine?
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haha, like i said its the best of both worlds for me. lots of torque, room for a ton of mods, i have a mountain of experience with these engines, parts are cheap and readily available off of any shelf in any parts store, and the car is going to handle a lot more like ive always wanted it to.
i wouldve liked to have kept the V12 but theres no parts cars around here. i looked for months for a running V12 and couldnt find one.
i wouldve liked to have kept the V12 but theres no parts cars around here. i looked for months for a running V12 and couldnt find one.
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Yes, that's what I'm talking about. I should have mentioned it in my initial post. The function of the pickup tube is so critical that I wouldn't want to risk the copper breaking over time. It's not really a good structural material at all.
With that being said, it'll probably be fine, but I wouldn't do it on my car! I'd bend a piece of steel tube and have a good welder weld it in for a couple bucks (or a case of beer!)
With that being said, it'll probably be fine, but I wouldn't do it on my car! I'd bend a piece of steel tube and have a good welder weld it in for a couple bucks (or a case of beer!)
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i think itlll be fine for now. its not like it has a ton of weight on the end, its a balanced 6 with offset timing so it doesnt vibrate. plus i always run a mechanical pressure gauge.
ill probably switch eventually but this stuff is just so easy to work with for the time being.
ill probably switch eventually but this stuff is just so easy to work with for the time being.
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quick update. the weather turned to ****, and i spent a good while trying to find a conduit bender for the oil pickup. found the hard way that mcmasters uses a different tape measure than my local tubing retailer, so i finally got the oil pickup done. it just needs brazed, and the oil pan needs welded up.
got the bonneville coil pack bracket on as well but need some buick coil pack bolts.
got the bonneville coil pack bracket on as well but need some buick coil pack bolts.
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well after 19289239842 trips to the hardware store, 2 benders from a going out of business sale, and some crazy copper pipe, i finally managed to hobble together the pieces to make my oil pickup. brazed on both ends and soldered in the middle.
so pumped. just need to get the oil pan welded back together.
anyone know of a cheap supplier for 20g sheetmetal? also i still need to make a drain plug in the pan.
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so pumped. just need to get the oil pan welded back together.
anyone know of a cheap supplier for 20g sheetmetal? also i still need to make a drain plug in the pan.
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Are you sure that the pickup will not suction itself to the bottom of the pan? I have never made a pickup before, so I don't know how much space you need to leave between the pickup and pan, etc.
Are you going to put any baffles in the pan? Where there any there in the first place?
Are you going to put any baffles in the pan? Where there any there in the first place?
there were no baffles in it to begine with. this pan isnt gonna have much more than about 3qt capacity. stock is 4.5qt
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