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Old Jan 24, 2016 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by kbracing96
Might be able to mess with the bypass valve with a restrictor or an air bleed and get it to close easier to make boost easier if you wanted too.
Thats a good idea. Have any ideas of what could be used? I want more part throttle boost with my blower. I ca'nt quite get full boost before a down shift.
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Old Jan 24, 2016 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by embs2001
Thats a good idea. Have any ideas of what could be used? I want more part throttle boost with my blower. I ca'nt quite get full boost before a down shift.
I'd try one of them cheap manual boost controllers from eBay. Put it on the vacuum hose to the bypass actuator, open it wide open and start closing it till you noticed it getting easier to get into boost
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Old Jan 24, 2016 | 08:09 PM
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Sub'd. I've lurked on here since around the time you bought this truck and loved all the combos. Wandering if you'd ever thought about an Edelbrock water pump? With Edelbrock's blessing I had mine modified locally by cutting the outlet on the front off and capping it off then opening up the truck location on top. Worked like a dream for 11,000 miles so far.
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Old Jan 24, 2016 | 10:36 PM
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Do you mean the engine water pump or the intercooler water pump? I didnt know edlebrock made an aftermarket main water pump for these trucks?
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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 06:57 AM
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Engine water pump. It's a car style pump but can be modified to work. The outlet is on the front car style versus the top but after a couple of phone calls to Edelbrock including speaking to the engineer that designed the pump I had a buddy cut the outlet off the front and cap it then opened up the top and mounted the neck there. The front cap had to be clearanced to work with the Maggie pulley bracket but everything else works. The pulley itself is a bolt on and it's wide enough for Vette to truck pulley alignments. The only thing I would do different on mine is using a neck from a truck water pump versus reusing the Edelbrock neck. My stock radiator hose stretches enough to work but a truck neck would keep everything fitting like stock. Hope this helps.
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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 07:57 AM
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Hmm, do you have any pictures by chance?
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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by kbracing96
I'd try one of them cheap manual boost controllers from eBay. Put it on the vacuum hose to the bypass actuator, open it wide open and start closing it till you noticed it getting easier to get into boost
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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 11:45 AM
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Unfortunately I don't. Wish I did because it looked like a piece of art after it was done.
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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 01:17 PM
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It looks like the edlebrock pump is ~$360 and the pulley is ~$100, so it would be about $460 for a pump that would have to be modified. Seems like the PRW pump would be the way to go. Thanks for the input though
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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Atomic
Pat, what mufflers do you have? The annoying rasp mine has around 2300rpm is really the most annoying. I dont have a ton of room under there for mufflers.

Kyle, it can make the boost with more pedal, I was just commenting on the feel between the two.
Two magnaflows, I'll find you a part number. Zero rasp, and still makes noise at Wo.
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