ICDEDPPL

Nice work son!
Now you`re out of projects thou. I got some you can do over here .. I`m very unmotivated.

donzi matt

I gots plenty of stuff to do buddy. I have new controls to install. I have exhaust to install. I might upgrade the oil coolers and lines before I put the motors back in. I have an ice car I still have to put together before racing in January. I have a Boston Whaler that I promised my kids I would replace all the wood in before next season. I have another small block to build for a customer before spring. I have to get 5 sleds ready before snow hits. It's going to be a fun, exciting, hard working winter. Hopefully all these projects make it go by quick, I want to go boating.

So what did I do today? Let my wife drag my fat a$$ on a 10 mile hike through the mountains. WTF is wrong with me?

ICDEDPPL

Ok I stand corrected.. you better stay up all night

donzi matt

No worries, I got a forklift to help me.

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ICDEDPPL

Ha!
I also picked up something somethin last month .. it included an operator



and now it`s making some serious power.

donzi matt

An incremental update, I installed a Melling 10778 pump in the motor I just finished. Ran it for 1/2 an hour on the hose with fresh Mobil 1 15//50 and a Wix 51060R filter. Last weekend it was idling at 46 and would run 58 at 3000 RPM according to my Rinda on older Mobil 1 15/50. Now it idles at 56 and at 3000 it is at 75psi. I am sure that will drop when I can actually warm up the oil but it is a nice improvement. After a hard run last season I would see 50 psi at WOT and 20-25 at idle. I would like to see a little more than that with the extra horsepower.

I am also going to upgrade my oil cooler to a 3x16 Hardin thermostatically controlled cooler. I am still up in the air if I actually have the ambition to upgrade all the lines and fittings, or if I am going to wait until I pull the bottom end down. As with everything else on these motors, changing the oil pump is straight forward, the cast pan drops right out, and the gasket is a reusable o-ring style.

Keith Atlanta

Other than the feed line and discharge line from the new cooler assuming its mounted ont he back, the only reason to change is "bling" factor. You wont pick up any flow as the lines are already fairly large. In my opinion, its a waste of money unless your lines are dryrotted or worn through. Most of them are steel or already heavy duty.

donzi matt

A couple of updates in the past couple of weeks. I updated bypass valves to the 30 psi valves. That's pretty easy and straight forward. Yesterday Santa showed up in a big brown van with the rest of my exhaust parts. These are really nice pieces and installation is pretty straight forward. I drilled and tapped the new filter head for my oil temp sender, there was plenty of meat for that. Nothing about this kit is chincy and it is a very nice kit. It's louder, way louder with this exhaust. It sounds terrific actually. The manifolds are hard anodized, I have O2 bungs in the risers, and I have the larger 3.5" riser pipes with the non silent choice length riser. Here are a couple of pics:

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And also, the before and after videos, my phone doesn't really convey how much louder it is, but it is pretty significant. It also has more lope to it that I attribute to the individualized runners.


Stock Exhaust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9_JbwAh5wE

donzi matt

And the Dana Exhaust:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-_wo3q9Xn0

Ryan00TJ

Looks and sounds great Matt! Definitely throatier and louder vs stock. I bet you can't wait for spring....