Blown 346 cid Stroker 300

[7sand8s]

Can't wait to hear the next part of the story.

Dennis

[BlownMGB-V8]

Well the hornets didn't take the hint so it appears sterner measures are needed. Regrettable, but I was here first. It's my shop, my property, my forklift, and they are denying me the full use of my possessions. They will have to be evicted and there are only so many methods available to me to accomplish that. Could be that tonight they will get another visit, weather permitting. I'm not very hopeful at this point that they will leave peaceably and since war it will inevitably be, it will be war on my terms. I have the technology to eliminate most of the risk of casualty on my side of the battle and am unwilling to give up that advantage so they basically have until midnight. It's just too bad that I have no means of effectively communicating that deadline to them.

Meanwhile, Here is a shot of my mass airflow sensor as installed in the riser.



The two rivnuts may disturb the airflow slightly but it was either that or more TIG welding, machining and polishing as one of the tapped holes had insufficient threads. Below is a rear view of the sensor. I'll have to look back and see what the application was, I think either Buick or Cadillac. I'll need that for the calibration data.



Next shot, I have the coil packs mounted, one set to the heater box cover, these will feed the even numbered plugs, plug wire kit is on the way. Those have become available since hot rodders started placing their LS coils on the firewall or inner fenderwell. They  have 5 ft long wires but I'll need a spark plug wire crimper and I'm pretty sure I don't have one other than a home made block and punch set. That would work but it tedious.



Lastly the FPR is installed and the lines connected. The other set of coils are visible in the lower right corner. Still need to finish up the heater valve and one small vent line and then I believe the plumbing is done.



So the scoop can go back on, then throttle linkages and wiring is left, plus fluids, programming and some small hardware concerns, charging the AC, and a few other details. This has actually turned out to be quite a massive upgrade in a lot of ways and I'm pretty pleased to be near the end of it.

Jim