soldier989
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Way to go "soldier"! I've been running around with all the parts and the tools to do the job in my trunk for a few days now, scared to make it happen. Even made a tool to score the base of the fins a little to make them break off a little cleaner. My only problem is I miss threaded a hole and had to drill them out and use a bolt washer and nut, so I'll have to watch that clearance. I'm going to use a 55mm bolt and an interference fit type nut or maybe a nylock nut. So far almost everyone who has done this reports good results but are any of these cars autos?:shrug:Not really sure what vacuum should read, its around 18.6inHg during idle. If I rev it, it drops to 0 and spikes into the lower 20's. If I hold the rpm to 2.5k, it stays in the lower 20s. No crazy idle or anything. I'm not concerned, I have to remember that the car has been without a battery from December til 2 weeks ago. I've only let it idle a couple times, so I imagine its got some relearning to do.
Its interesting no others have ran into the issue of that bolt being too long.
No matter, props to Whatdoyoufeedit for doing this, Zackmd for the adapter and WhyNot for the intake kit. I can already tell there's a difference and this may prevent me from trading it in. I want to reinsure it and test it out more!!
Sounds like pretty healthy vacuum readings to me. No problem and glad I could contribute, it's a team effort that keeps the 3.7 progressing. There's a lot left in these engines. The stock tune caps the engine quite a bit (it doesn't even allow you to use all of 1st gear without pulling timing) which pushes people to upgrade to the V8 due to discouragement. After some light mods + Unleashed tune it feels like a small displacement V8. Sometimes it's just some TLC that's needed to make that difference between sticking with what you have or moving onto something else. :cheers:Not really sure what vacuum should read, its around 18.6inHg during idle. If I rev it, it drops to 0 and spikes into the lower 20's. If I hold the rpm to 2.5k, it stays in the lower 20s. No crazy idle or anything. I'm not concerned, I have to remember that the car has been without a battery from December til 2 weeks ago. I've only let it idle a couple times, so I imagine its got some relearning to do.
Its interesting no others have ran into the issue of that bolt being too long.
No matter, props to Whatdoyoufeedit for doing this, Zackmd for the adapter and WhyNot for the intake kit. I can already tell there's a difference and this may prevent me from trading it in. I want to reinsure it and test it out more!!
Wasn't hard at all, just gotta be slow and careful. They didn't come out perfect, the hole saws provided wobble so it chews up some metal outside of the hole that gets cut. The grommet covers most of it up.Looks good soldier, curious... how hard was it to drill in the pvc holes?
Your pipe looks like it was made to fit there! Where did you get that? Is that the one from ebay?True story, a mod needs to sticky this and the exhaust thread for future V6ers. Also, this V6 is far more powerful than my 68's 302. I was mostly thinking about the GT because I don't think I'll have z-plan much longer. But, I'm happy enough with the V6.
Wasn't hard at all, just gotta be slow and careful. They didn't come out perfect, the hole saws provided wobble so it chews up some metal outside of the hole that gets cut. The grommet covers most of it up.
The stock bolts can be reused but it seems that one of the bolts will need some length trimmed off. You will need 4 extra bolts for the spacer to intake. The size is M6x1.00mm by 20mm length.Hi all,
This is getting exciting as more and more people are doing this swap. I'm in the same shoes as DBerry. I think I have all the parts ready to go but, kind of scared to pull the trigger. One question, can I reuse the same bolt that's holding the stock tb to the manifold? If not, what size should I buy?
Thanks
Rika