I was going to use walnut shell. Any better suggestion?

Great carburetor. I rebuilt and detailed it, made sure it's perfect. Should be bolt on and with a few idle screw adjustments will be ready to roll. Mild cloudiness in the aluminum. Still looks great tho.

$400 shipped

Makes sense to me.

Onto my next project so.....

-MT Pontiac valve covers  $75

-Mustang valve covers for 302 $75

-3inch SS with bung collectors 2 bolt $20

-429 Camshaft, Crower 22355 with lifters, good used lifters numbered  $100

-429 I pulled out of my Galaxie  $4500

-Flex a lite 112 electric fans $50 each (I have two)

-Canton 1/4 inch wood Spacers $10  each (I have two, used for initial tuning of my 2x4, went with lil taller ones)

-Holley 4100  600cfm VS $75

-Lokar kickdown cable $40  (costs $75 new, nothing wrong with it)  SOLD

-4 KYB shocks for 1973-79 F100, used little, I lowered the truck so I can't use them cost $160 want $75

If any of these are remotely interesting to you, let me know and I'll take pictures of and tell more about the items in question.

I'd normally post on the FE forum, but it is looking a little dangerous there today....  perhaps the heat is getting to folks.
Thankfully here in southern Georgia it isn't that hot.  Heck I still have jeans, boots, a tshirt and my button down shirt over that.  But it is hot enough I had to break out the large straw hat.

So speaking of heat.  My new engine build isn't thrilled with the 100 degree days either.

Situation is as such:
Engine is a 446 stroker, which I've posted about plenty recently.  Cooling system is a stock waterpump, 185 thermostat, Griffin radiator, dual flex-a-lite fans rated at 1100cfms and draw 8 amps, pushing and mounted in front of radiator.
Timing is 18 initial and 32 total in by 2850rpms or therebouts.
The fan's barely kept the old engine cool enough, and that was 100-150hp less of an engine.  I knew the fan's would be marginal at best, but I was mostly concerned with getting the engine running last time I was home.... figure I'd work out the details later.

-When running hard out on the country roads the engine is running peachy.  180 and lower, even 170 which kicks off my fans.
When pulling into town the engine is obviously overheating, gauges immediately shoots past 200 and engine begins to idle badly and I need to keep a lil throttle in order to keep her from stalling.  When parking car, overflow tank is full and pushing some coolant onto the ground.

This issue seems straightforward, the fans aren't doing their job well enough.  Solution I will pursue is changing them with two 12inch Spal fans which are rated at 1277cfms and draw 14amps.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/spu-ix-30101505

Yes I know pulling is more efficient, but I like pusher fans because I have more room there, and I like the appearance better.
I suspect the stock waterpump is suffcient, and also suspect the Radiator is up to task.  (feel free to comment on either)

Question
My painless harness has a 20 amp relay for each fan.  (actually it has three relays for some reason).  Each relay says 12v 2X20amps.  I'm not fluent in electrical, so I assume this is 20amps, but I guess it could mean 40amps?
Is this sufficient for the task or do I need to upgrade the relays?

-Next issue
Due to running a radiator that has a radiator cap, and also running a surge tank (mostly for looks to be honest) I have two radiator caps.  I put a 14psi on the surge tank and a 7psi on the radiator.  I used the 7psi cap because I didn't want to overpressurize a surge tank.
My issue with this is that when parking and all coolant goes back into the system there is 4inches of air in the radiator, which isn't right since I have the surge tank.... so I obviously didn't think that through too well.
Plan for the future is to put the 14psi or higher on the radiator so it never leaks and putting the lower pressure cap on the surge tank and running the overflow hose from the surge tank.  No coolant leaks in or out of the engine are apparent.
Question
Is this a decent plan to keep the radiator topped off or does anyone have a better idea?


Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot!
Drew

Dunno what else to say.
Thanks to all those involved, especially Brent Lykins, Ben Hertel, FERoadster, et el.

http://s68.photobucket.com/user/DeepRootsNursery/library/445


Leaving for work in a few days.  Only part I lack is starter.  (well, and I'll pull the guts outta my c6 and stuff them in an FE case).

I'll be home in June, hope to get test fitting and cam break-in done at that time.

Thanks again to all that helped with parts, advice, or both.
Drew

http://louisville.craigslist.org/pts/5461112450.html

Don't see something like that, every day.