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69MyWay
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I reallye examined the clutch and pressure plate. There does not appear to be any significant wear that is obvious to the naked eye. In fact, the RAM clutch and stock clutch are about the same thickness. I spoke with a local Dealer Equipment supplier that rebuilds clutches, etc. They don't do a rebuild on the 89-96 pressure plate, and can get a new one for $209 that includes the throw out bearing. I have to also get a pilot bushing for the replacement engine.
I also took a long hard look at the stock manifolds. They are just too restrictive for the flow capacity of the Edelbrock heads, cam and the miniram. I don't have the $600 for TPis. So, called Summit and they are setting me up with a set of full length Headman painted with collectors and bolts for $110. I will have to have the O2 bung welded in. I will have my local muffler shop build a custom Y-pipe to tie it back into the stock center converterhousing.
That leaves the air pump delima. I have an electric air pump out of an LT-1. I would assume I can hook that up to the converter and pump all the fresh air needed to keep the emissions in check. Still working those details out. I have to figure out what I want to do with the stock belt mounted air pump. Either I can just gut it and leave it in the loop, or make an idler pulley. My buddy has the air pump delete kit on his 89. It is very simple and looks very easy to duplicate.
We are making are bid video for Junkyard Wars this weekend, so it will be another two weeks before we will see what all this does.
Stay tuned.......
I also took a long hard look at the stock manifolds. They are just too restrictive for the flow capacity of the Edelbrock heads, cam and the miniram. I don't have the $600 for TPis. So, called Summit and they are setting me up with a set of full length Headman painted with collectors and bolts for $110. I will have to have the O2 bung welded in. I will have my local muffler shop build a custom Y-pipe to tie it back into the stock center converterhousing.
That leaves the air pump delima. I have an electric air pump out of an LT-1. I would assume I can hook that up to the converter and pump all the fresh air needed to keep the emissions in check. Still working those details out. I have to figure out what I want to do with the stock belt mounted air pump. Either I can just gut it and leave it in the loop, or make an idler pulley. My buddy has the air pump delete kit on his 89. It is very simple and looks very easy to duplicate.
We are making are bid video for Junkyard Wars this weekend, so it will be another two weeks before we will see what all this does.
Stay tuned.......