12VAnthony's 97 Build Thread

12vanthony said:
The parts have started rolling in

Fass/fuilddampner/full rebuild kit/couple gauges/

Headed back to work for a month, hopefully the rest is here when I get back so I can get started.
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blackstacks said:
You won't know how much to take off the pistons, if any, until you have the short block assembled and can measure protrusion, and measure valve recession in your head. Sure you could just take enough off to where you know you'll be safe, but why take off more than whats necessary and lower compression even more? Your quite a bit lower with the large bowl pistons already. Running a thicker head gasket is fine too, it will just lower your compression ratio a bit more. On my last build I ended up having to sink the valves to about .060" and run a .010"+ thicker head gasket. My block had been decked .006" and my head resurfaced .003". My pistons were already coated so I didn't want to fly cut them.

Make sure you degree your cam. I had to change keyways on mine to get it where it needed to be.

I have the Fass 220 on mine and it never drops below 45psi. It idles at 65psi. My P7100 is dual fed. Make sure your return line is not kinked in any way. I only used the pump in the whole kit. The mounting brackets were worthless so I made my own. I have a Beans sump on the tank and a Vulcan drawstraw bulkhead as my return. Nothing factory left in the fuel system. Its more than whats needed for the power level i'm at but I wont need to upgrade later on.
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Got the motor out last night and started tearing it down. I was wondering what you did when you deleted the factory filter housing and transfer pump when it came to re-connecting your source and return lines to make it all work clean?
 
I ripped out all the factory fuel lines from the tank to the motor. I'm running 1/2" Parker hose from the sump to the Fass pump, then 1/2" from the pump to the P7100 dual feed tee. Then 3/8" hose from the OFV to the junction block for my injector return line and 3/8" from there too a drawstraw head I modified as a return which also has a 1/2" port for the Fass return from the pump.
Here's a pic.. Can't see much though. I have lots of pics on my computer at work that I can post tomorrow if you want.
 

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Ok. I guess the part I was wondering about is where the return line where the 3/8 from the ofv and the return line from the injectors connect. What is the junction block? I think that's what I need.
 
12vanthony said:
Ok. I guess the part I was wondering about is where the return line where the 3/8 from the ofv and the return line from the injectors connect. What is the junction block? I think that's what I need.
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I used part# 001-4A-1-0008 from Airdog. Pretty much everything that comes with the Fass kit is crap IMO.. I only used the pump. You can see it in this pic. I welded a mounting bracket onto it as well.
 

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Wondering if I should upgrade the stock rods... Anyone have any recommendations
 
You can clean it up a little but buy the 45° push lock fittings from Vulcan instead of the blocky brass fittings.
 
Ghostman said:
I like that very much. I may have to copy if you don't mind.
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Don't mind at all!

Headcase98002 said:
You can clean it up a little but buy the 45° push lock fittings from Vulcan instead of the blocky brass fittings.
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Yeah I could. I used what I had laying around at the time because I had to get the thing running. I work right down the street from Vulcan so I might head over during lunch and grab some. But then again you cant even see it when the motor is in the truck.
 
Anyone know how to get ahold of Seth since he no longer works at DPE???
 
Already messaged him on here. What's his last name so I can find him on f.book?
 
I'm guessing someone got me mixed up on here is why I was tagged on facebook looking for Seth?
 
Got Smoke? said:
Yeah I got Anthony's confused sorry about that.... :doh:
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LOL no problem. You have me thinking I had gone nuts. I was trying to remember a conversation I may have had and just kept drawing blanks. Then I remembered this thread.
 
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