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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: FElony on March 29, 2020, 10:13:51 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFSDZFgnrUY
Is this a member here? Critique, comment, additions, whatever.
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God I hope not.
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God I hope not.
LOL, no kidding!
And he mentions that his next build will be using a BBM block and BBM intake! I'm not even sure he should be working on a B&S.
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Didn't even stab the distributor in! I installed a Streetmaster that fit reasonably well but the dist. hole in the manifold was all of .030 to one side. Set it up in the mill, bored and sleeved the hole to move it into correct position.
Mike.
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Didn't even stab the distributor in! I installed a Streetmaster that fit reasonably well but the dist. hole in the manifold was all of .030 to one side. Set it up in the mill, bored and sleeved the hole to move it into correct position.
Mike.
He mentioned the distributor and then never put it in. What the heck. At least he is using Print o seal gaskets to prevent any problems.... :o
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At least he's making an effort to check stuff out. I feel that most guys just slap them on there and roll with it.
More experience will give him areas to improve on: checking distributor fitment, *milling* the intake flanges instead of crossing your fingers in hope that a gasket will seal (kudos for trying to check gaps though), checking port alignment, gluing the gaskets down on both sides, making sure the bolt lengths are correct before committing to an install, checking for pushrod interference, etc etc.
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Wait he redeemed himself on the distributor fitment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6e0MDlsxEk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6e0MDlsxEk)
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OK, is there a better video on this topic?
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I thought it was fairly well presented and there is a 2nd video of him finishing the job. Not how I like to do them and way too much Goop for me, however I doubt he's going to have a leak. The Printo Seals appear to be the ones with the steel inner core which are slightly thicker than the regular ones. Don't know how they compare to the set he used for mock up.
I was a bit surprised he used the corks. Not that I have a problem with them it just didn't look like enough of a gap for them to fit but hey... the bolts went in and that's always a good sign.
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I don't waste a set of gaskets for checking fit. Stick the manifold on with no gaskets and look at the gaps to see if they are even. You can place something thinner than the corks on top of the end walls to hold it up. I'd use the Permatorques he tried at first... not sure how he got all the bolts in, the right side one was backwards covering one hole.
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When he started talking about the intake being warped, and tightening the opposite bolts to 're-warp' the intake to work, I was pretty much done listening to anything he had to say (not sure how easily you're going to warp that cast iron intake). And seeing all the excess RTV that squeezed out the front, you know how much squeezed into the intake ports. That's always an indicator of how well a job is done, and we've all seen really bad RTV jobs.
It's easy to critique somebody elses YouTube video, and he did make some good suggestions, like the distributor as a locator, but he also did a job that will probably lead to an intake leak in the near future, especially with those Printo-Seals. For a do-it-yourself person on a budget, it might get you back on the road.
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I was waiting for him to squirt some silicone with a caulking gun into the China wall gap from the outside.
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If the TP shortage isn't enough, now I hear of an RTV shortage and I believe I know who the culprit is!