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Highway Star
03-26-2011, 11:31 AM
It will be finished on Monday. I bought a longblock from Brandon (Notalent) with a 3 year unlimited mile warranty, and a pile of parts. A shop that does a LOT of work for the fleet vehicles at my job quoted a price for installation that I couldn't refuse. I watched them fire it up yesterday afternoon.

New parts...4 core radiator, water pump, MPFI conversion, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, oil cooler lines, etc.

:banana::banana::D

Hank70SS
03-26-2011, 01:33 PM
Good for you Jake. Hope that's the last of your problems with the 'burb.

Berg
03-26-2011, 06:34 PM
Sounds like it should be fun, go easy on that transmission! I did the Mercruiser camshaft swap with the adjustable rocker arm kit on my 454 in the 99 Burb and now my trans is slipping. It has 152 on it and I haven't touched it since around 100k so I'm guessing it is about due. I'm guessing you have a 350 that had the crappy spider injector. Did you go with the marine intake manifold for the conversion?

Ms Grumpy
03-26-2011, 08:32 PM
It is always nice to get our vehicles back. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Highway Star
03-26-2011, 09:04 PM
Sounds like it should be fun, go easy on that transmission! I did the Mercruiser camshaft swap with the adjustable rocker arm kit on my 454 in the 99 Burb and now my trans is slipping. It has 152 on it and I haven't touched it since around 100k so I'm guessing it is about due. I'm guessing you have a 350 that had the crappy spider injector. Did you go with the marine intake manifold for the conversion?

Yes, the injectors looked horrible. They were the poppet style. I have the stock intake. It is going to be like a different truck.

grandsport
03-26-2011, 09:32 PM
Great news Jake.;) Sounds like a trip to Latrobe will break it in properly.

flash
03-26-2011, 11:43 PM
Glad youre getting your ride back.

Derek69SS
03-27-2011, 10:03 AM
Cool! Hope the truck serves you well for a long time... unexpected repairs can really mess up your plans, but they're usually still cheaper than a payment on something new(er).