Ok. for those of you who have been reading my other posts about my 454 that I was building for my '71, I have some good news and some bad. For starters, the good news, IT'S RUNNING
I am so happy it's unreal. This is my first engine that I built by myself. I've done other engines before, but none where I did all the work and it feels great. I thought the day would never come, but today I got her fired up. Started alright but wouldn't idle, got someone else to adjust timing for me and now it is purring. Runs awsome. Now for the bad part. Apparently when I was drilling a couple holes in the tin shielding on the top and bottom of the radiator so I could mount my electric fan on it, I dinged the core a little and now my nice brand new condensed 4 core rad is leaking
Bummer, it leaks more than is acceptable for driving. SOOOOO, off the radiator has to come, take it to the city tomorrow to get fixed, finish off the next week of school and come home this friday to put it back on. Stupid school is interfeering with my chevelle too much
Well, at least it runs. So I am still happy. Now I just have to put the hood back on and hope that the air cleaner isn't to tall. I'll put up some pics of the engine once it's done, it looks REALLY awsome.
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Chris Dagenais
Saskatchewan, Canada
CST Kelsey
'71 Malibu soon to be 454!
member.xoom.com/Gandalf80/Chris'sPage



Well, at least it runs. So I am still happy. Now I just have to put the hood back on and hope that the air cleaner isn't to tall. I'll put up some pics of the engine once it's done, it looks REALLY awsome.
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Chris Dagenais
Saskatchewan, Canada
CST Kelsey
'71 Malibu soon to be 454!
member.xoom.com/Gandalf80/Chris'sPage