Rewind to 16yrs old again

[normalicy]

Congrats, I know the nervous feeling of a first time crank on an engine. I have had a few where nothing ever went wrong and I still was nervous for years because I was sure I missed something.

[Key Keeper]

Changed to NKG 8s, new plug wires, leveled the car out, lowered the float levels a few turns, gave it the timing it wanted and BAM....runs like a monster! My poor neighbors are going to kill me busting this thing off with open headers with 4" collectors @ 8pm!

[Key Keeper]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 1879204828

[Pugsley]

8pm... sounds like an excuse to go out and talk to the neighbor.

[FlyingPenguin]

I hate Facebook. It requires me to login to a Facebook account or sign up.

[Err]

I hate Facebook. It requires me to login to a Facebook account or sign up.

Here is a direct link to the video. It shouldn't ask you for a login.

https://video-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42 ... e=58431F3B

[Err]

Awesome! I love the first firing of an engine.

[normalicy]

Very nice!

[Key Keeper]

Well its been quite a while since I updated this so....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1riTZyT ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CxeGdP ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AhQyCC ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12wz-LI ... sp=sharing

Its registered, insured and now has dot approved tires. My HOA has already blown up my email about "noise violations"

[normalicy]

I love the boy walking with his ears covered.

[Err]

Very cool!

[Key Keeper]

Well something happened....no oil pressure at idle when hot in gear. Has plenty cruising. Either oil pump stud came loose and is bleeding out at low rpm, or something else let go like a plug or something. Going to start pulling the motor tonight. Hope to have it out by the weekend and pull the pan/valve covers/intake off and see what the f...is going on.

[normalicy]

Dang, that's a shame. Never something simple.

[Err]

Well something happened....no oil pressure at idle when hot in gear. Has plenty cruising. Either oil pump stud came loose and is bleeding out at low rpm, or something else let go like a plug or something. Going to start pulling the motor tonight. Hope to have it out by the weekend and pull the pan/valve covers/intake off and see what the f...is going on.

Before you do that, did you check the sending unit and gauge? I'm assuming you're using an electric gauge so maybe the sweep of the sender and gauge don't match. It would be nice if it was something relatively simple and not that you really have low oil pressure.

[Losbot]

This has been a fun project for me to watch come together. Very cool. Thanks for sharing!