Oh damn I forgot you have a super badass crankbolt

 

WHOOOO HOOOOO!!! i'm done! hadnt looked at this since page 7 or so until last night (at page 7 i thought eh, he'll procrastinate another year and a half and forgot about it )

ive only got 2 things to say though: Holy long thread Batman! and Grippy awesome writups and best of luck with the rest!!



ill be checking in more often now

 

got a few things done today, flexplate (80ftlbs) & crank bolt (150ftlbs) torqued down (red loctite on both) (30w motor oil under the head of the ARP flexplate bolts, GM high pressure lube under the head of the crank bolt). Also re-flared the stock fuel line (37deg, looks much better now); all I need is a few AN fittings, some hose, and a filter and I'll be good to go for the fuel system.

if you look closely you can see the kent moore crank holding tool inside the window of the flexplate

 

finally, lol, it's hard taking pictures of fuel line, sum bitches kept turning out blurry, doh! anyway you get the idea:





this is where the Y fitting comes into play:

 

nice work on the fuel lines. did you find the tq spec on the crank bolt or is that just what you set it at? either way my money says that sum bitch isn't coming out!

 

thanks

figured 150 ftlbs would be enough

 

if not you can always say it shoulda been! lol jfwy it'll hold

 

Read somewhere that GM's insistence on tightening the devil out of the crank bolt was to ensure the pulley was seated all the way onto the snout. Of course Grip's setup is different. BTW thanks for the info Grip. It's due to arrive tomorrow.

 

I fully seated the IW damper on my setup with GM's installation tool, plus it's keyed, so the 150ftlbs is just for insurance.........I hope

 

bump for Tootall, this is the best pic of the back of the dash piece I have brother: