new engine

i'm waiting for a responce from that guy, O my head is spinning looking at so many filters, lol

ok he said it will be a flat base, i dont know the one says dropped and there the same kit  


now he saye its a 1'' drop,

Ok John , Mine has a 1 inch drop base and a 2 inch filter so i put a 2 inch plastic cup on top of my air cleaner lid and the dog house lid will not close So you do need the drop base But my lid does have a x brace in the underside of the lid. mine is a 69 what year is yours ??? and i wonder when they added the x brace ??? but I ' would say it's all support.

mine is a 68, i'm sure it had a brace, i think this one will work even if i need a 2'' filter like yours, what do you think

dont even have the engine yet, i'm glade i'm getting everything ready for it now, thanks to Rod and you, and this site !

Here is my thoughts get the engine in then put the 3 inch screw  (used to hold the air cleaner) in the carb and look from there  the discount from U.S. Auto is only a few bucks cheaper than Sumitt. if you click  on  US.Auto parts  return policy they only take returns if they made the mistake. where sumitt will take it back... Did you look on e-bay ???

We are both running a edelbrock intake But mine is older so yours maybe taller than mine

you have some great points, i'll wait till the engines in, and get one from summit, thanks a bundle dix,,

what about this old throttle linkage, anyone have any thing on replacing it with a cable set up,?

That is somthing i'll be working this winter. Will the linkage work the new carb ???

i have no idea, i'm sure i can make it work, but i thought a cable set up would be alot smother,

Yes i agree you would want to bring it up from behind .

good ideas, i'll wait till i get to that point before i can figure how i want to run one, going to a car show tomorrow 3 miles up the road, i'm grad its not any further this engines about shot, i need to turn it in as a core once i get the rebuilt one and they wont except it with pistons through the block,lol i'll be starting on it sunday, i'll pull everything out and get the trany rebuilt first, i'm also taking the front part of the dog box out, so i have plenty of room to work under the dash, heater cables need freed up, that 4 way flasher switch, and repair the birds nest of wires under there, i'll be taking lots of pictures so people on here can see whats involved in replacing everything, once you start on your throttle cable let me know, i'll probably do the same,

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LOOKS LIKE A MOUSE MADE A HOME AT ONE TIME AROUND THE CONVERTER

LOTS OF CLEANING AND PAINTING NOW

good to see john...

thanks dix, now the fun starts cleaning, lol, i'll take the trany tomorrow to get rebuilt,

White shag ?? That's a lot of effort but it sure pays off in the end. I see you haven't exceeded the load capacity of that card table yet either. have fun with it.

its off light brown and gray shag, the picture made it look white, yeah that card table has been through hell, lol

John what oil pressure did you have on the old pump ?? or did you buy a new one,,

the new engine will come with a new pump, the old one ran about 30 lbs. at idle

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