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Add the air cleaner back on for the time being and give her another quick checkover looking for leaks or anything. Tomorrow she goes in for exhaust.
  
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A more or less successful engine swap. It was fun, but at the same time, what a nightmare !!! I'm glad the hard parts are over, but there are still several issues to address. I'm tired, I want to go home.
  
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Would like to thank a moment to thank Glenn Scott for making some time to fit my Omega in on short notice. Glenn outfitted the Omega with 2"1/2 dual exhaust with FloPro V-Force mufflers. Basically the same exhaust system as my nova. I had asked Glenn to run the tailpipes behind the back wheels just the same way he had done on my nova. When I went to pick it up, it just had cutoffs. I'm not a fan of cutoffs.
  
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Not a problem, I apologized to Glenn for the miscommunication and he fixed me up the next business day and redid the tailpipes. AWESOME JOB Glenn !!!, very happy with the work.
 
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Since the engine swap, we changed the QJet to a newer non-computer controlled one. Still seems to be a mystery miss that we can't find. The next step will be to swap distributors and maybe get a new set of wires too.
Took the car for a test drive and she is definitly 110% better then before. I was able to cruise on the highway at 60-70 mph with no problems. Far from done ... now that she's running and as I have more free time, I will start to clean & dress up the engine compartment alittle. |
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I would like to thank Shelly so very much for lending me her garage for almost a 2 week period, as well for her help on the car. Clint, Brandan, Dan, Jay, Amanda & Jess for their help and time spent hanging out/helping in one fashion or another.
A big thank you to Kelly H. who made room in his garage to house Shelly's Chevelle SS while I was using Shelly's for the swapping project. Let's go burn some rubber !!! ... |
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