I would be crying like a little baby if forced to do so !
Rick.. yes... I was shocked at the cost of the boots too! But.. I was in need of new boots so I just bucked up and paid the price.
With what little time I have had these last couple weeks, I have been trying to get ready to fire up the engine. I was not happy with the fact
That I had to cut the wiring harness I had made and installed in the truck that was painstakingly soldered and shrink tubed nicely.
Most everything is connected to the EFI harness , and it has to be there when I take the engine to the dyno.
Sooo....a snip here and a snip there, and it was out.
Today after work , I will get all the connections made back on the engine and to the make shift test stand.
I started to route my new plug wires so I can cut them to length.
My fuel was delivered yesterday! So I'm good to go in that department!
I am going to repurpose my old Carter electric fuel pump so I can use it as a transfer pump.
That will make it easier to fill the fuel cell in the bed of the truck while the drum is on the trailer.
Kinda like pulling up to the gas pump!
I will try to get a video of the first start up of version 2 of the new engine tonight or tomorrow. Coty is bringing over a couple mufflers
and some exhaust tubing so we can quiet it down enough to hear the engine itself better. Praying That there is not a repeat of the first go around.
Oh yea... I did some investigating on a new blower belt. I needed to purchase a larger belt to accommodate my new 7" diameter lower pulley.
I had found that the wieand #6807 belt at 53.3" long was on sale for $106 on average. I had found that Napa carried a Gates belt
#K100529RPM . It is suppose to have a stickyer compound that helps with belt slippage. It is also designed not to stretch as much as a normal everyday serpentine belt. I had to have it UPSed from Texas ... but it only cost $72 !!
and it arrived yesterday!
I am a little nervous about The pulley combo being at 2.45%. At 6700RPM's that means that blower will be spinning at 16,415 RPM's.
Granted it won't be at those RPM's all the time....But ... it's still spinning fast. I feel the E-85 will help qwell the heat build up , but I am hoping the blower will not come apart! The man I purchased the blower from used sealed bearings instead of open oil bath bearings on the front of the rotors. They are still in a bath of oil, but it still bothers me abit. I am concerned that the front bearings carry such a tremendous
load from the drive belt pulling down on the snout at high RPM's , that the bearings need to have heavier rollers..which I normally see in open oil bath bearings and not in sealed bearings.
Any feed back on this would be welcome! I am planning on reinstalling the original part number bearings next fall. But I am looking for
the reason Wieand used sealed bearings on the back of the rotors and open bearings on the front.
