George Bates Automotive

if you slow down too much on them there hills, I will push/pull you and if we hit snow/ice you can pull me:) Otherwise watch for P.I.T. execution lol

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George Bates Automotive

Damn.....guess I will have to revert my vehicle to its former trim, OC Sheriff:) I knew there was a reason for keeping the 380 pounds of extras it came with. Now to add the rice ball coat hanger on the back to give me super car speed

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04DetroitLS

FWIW, cam stats

224/236 duration, 573/571 lift with stock rockers, 115LSA

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77Impala

69 MPH X 12.25 = 845.25 miles

Now stopping four times at 15 min. for gas and quick break I would guess that you ran between 80 and 85 MPH most of the way. How close am I?

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1977 Impala Sedan, 5.0L, TH200R, 3.25:1, 74K miles, 26 Lifetime Warranty Parts.
1997 Dodge Ram B2500, 5.2L, 36RH, 3.21:1, 335K miles, 6 Lifetime Warranty Parts.

77Impala

Was that the NOS lines that I saw?

That much carbon after only 4K is from the gas we are getting, it does not have even half, maybe about 1/10 as much detergent now as it did 10 years ago. This stuff today is not very good. You may want to run some type of good cleaner with each fill up. Make sure it does not have an alcohol base to it.

I am trying something with my van (since it is the vehicle I am driving most). I am using the Lucas Fuel Treatment/Cleaner or something like that. I have used it for the third fillup today. When I check todays MPG I got 13.41 MPG with 50/50 driving city and highway. Now according to the EPA current estimates I should be getting 12 MPG combined driving. The engine is running smoother and really can't tell if it has more pep. The Lucas stuff also lubercates the fuel delivery componets as well as the valves. One thing I hope to prove is wether it will help to keep new deposits of carbon from forming, this is yet to be determined.

The cost of the Lucas stuff was 23.80 with tax and treats 400 gallons of gas or even diesel fuel. Now the cost per gallon of gas it is added to is about .06 cents, which is very cheap if it does what I hope it will.

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1977 Impala Sedan, 5.0L, TH200R, 3.25:1, 74K miles, 26 Lifetime Warranty Parts.
1997 Dodge Ram B2500, 5.2L, 36RH, 3.21:1, 335K miles, 6 Lifetime Warranty Parts.

04DetroitLS

nope, thats just a billet fuel rail, no giggle gas for this build, i want to keep it longer than one trip down the track ;) the stock fuel rails wont fit once im done under the hood

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77Impala

Ok so your average run on that trip is 73 MPH which will keep from setting off the radar guns.

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1977 Impala Sedan, 5.0L, TH200R, 3.25:1, 74K miles, 26 Lifetime Warranty Parts.
1997 Dodge Ram B2500, 5.2L, 36RH, 3.21:1, 335K miles, 6 Lifetime Warranty Parts.

04DetroitLS

damn you guys have too much time on yours hands, get over here and hlep me pull my drop out! LOL

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77Impala

LOL I would if we lived closer.

Just finnished a friends 3.1L Oldmobile 98 Cutlass lower intake manifold gasket repair. That was interesting. Thankfully GBA got me on the right track about reconnecting the fuel rail. When I disconected the line the old O-ring went flying and I had to pull down the top manifold to install a new one on the line.

How much HP will you have when this beast of an engine is finnished and transplanted?

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1977 Impala Sedan, 5.0L, TH200R, 3.25:1, 74K miles, 26 Lifetime Warranty Parts.
1997 Dodge Ram B2500, 5.2L, 36RH, 3.21:1, 335K miles, 6 Lifetime Warranty Parts.

04DetroitLS

no idea
hell this setup hasnt even been on the dyno, by the time i got all the bugs worked out of the tuning, the trans started to sli[, so the engine/tranny swap is going to be one large project @ the same time

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