LT1/T56 Into a 1957 Chevrolet Pick Up

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Painted a spare set of valve covers, the ones on the engine are beat up bad. Gotta put a couple more coats of paint to get a gloss. I swear it's so hot the paint was drying in mid air before it hit the surface.IMG_3236.JPG

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Figured it was time to update this thread. Finally got the fuel system done after waiting 62 days for the tank to come in.

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Got all the electrical done under the hood and started finding everything I needed to hook up under the dash. Sat the Camaro instrument cluster temporarily to use for test fire. Check out the low miles on this engine.

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Ran all high pressure rubber lines with AN fittings including the vapor recovery line. Bought a new Camaro vapor recovery tank and mounted it under the p/u bed. got the
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First test fire was a dud. After doing some testing I determined that all the injectors were stuck. Pulled the fuel rails and injectors and did a DIY flush on them. Fill the tube with B12 Chemtool, pump up some pressure and pusle 12 volts to the injector using a remote starter switch. Got alot of dried up fuel crud out of them. A few were so stuck I had to tap on them to break them loose. Put everything back together and got it running. Got a dead miss on #7 and a partial miss on #2. Spark checks good so I believe those two injectors are still cruddy. I'm gonna flush them again using higher pressure before I break down and buy a new set.

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I'll post a video after I get it hitting on all 8 cylinders. Engine runs good, no smoke, no knocks and great oil pressure.

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great success!!! nice trick on the injectors, ill keep that one for the archives of mildly sketchy diy for when i need it one day lol