The rad hose is out of position right now, doing a transmission rebuild right now. Just threw some 7.450" pushrods in it and have a different intake to install so some things are just laying in there. I am surprised nobody noticed I have the radiator hose installed backwards. It loops around behind the P/S reservior.
As for someone stealing this one, it will take a tow truck. I have numerous things that circumvent the normal ignition system. Believe me, sometimes I forget and go WTF! why won't it start now?Oh yeah, there's no transmission in it right now so it would be hard to drive away with it.
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I took the truck for a drive last night, it's been down for almost a month while I was gathering parts, pieces and advice from transmission builders. It shifts like a dream, other than the solid feel at torque convertor lockup under light acceleration. I would assume that's normal for a 3600 rpm stall though. The 7.450 pushrods sure quieted the engine tremendously, no more valve train clatter. While I had it apart I took the LS1 throttle body out and then unscrewed the throttle stop screw so that I could mount it from the top where it's easy to reach and adjust instead of the bottom. Now I can fix my stall at idle when I come to a stop. I had Allen adjust the PCM while I was in SanAntonio to compensate for the dying at stop, now I'll to have him undo that work since it feels like it pulling about 1800 RPM(like cruise control) while on the road and at stop signs. At a stop sign it only does it for a couple seconds and then drops down to 850 rpm idle.
