What have you done to your square lately??

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Got my intake back today from the metal polishing shop. They did an amazing job, looks fantastic!

The manifold is a 1960s Weiand dual plane manifold that actually has the correct way to pronounce Weiand cast right into it: “Say Why-And”. The polishing shop saved the lettering for me.

I dropped it in place just to make sure I could handle it easily by myself leaning over the engine. First attempt was awkward so made a handle out of a piece of aluminum angle and put a guide stud in the front right bolt hole. That worked MUCH better. Tomorrow I’ll install it, bolt it down and get ‘er running!

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Well slap my ass and call me Suzie! That's shiny!
 

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Engaged hover mode
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And loaded everything up in Goldie to go to the tire shop tomorrow
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Everytime- Envy! Looking good though!
 

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Well slap my ass and call me Suzie! That's shiny!
Hmm - nope - will not do either- but a lovely offer - I will negate to indulge you in your |~|omo-erotica of any kind ! Lol
 

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The front is 13" rotors and GMT800 '05-07 2-piston calipers. The rear is a Wilwood 140-12569 kit with 12.19" rotors and floating 2-piston calipers. This thing stops amazing!
Do you have a Hydro booster? If you don't might want to consider it. My first Hydro Boost was in my 85 Shortbed. All stock brakes, and it stopped on a dime. I run Hydro boosters in all of my trucks.
 

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Do you have a Hydro booster? If you don't might want to consider it. My first Hydro Boost was in my 85 Shortbed. All stock brakes, and it stopped on a dime. I run Hydro boosters in all of my trucks.
Nope, it's the stock booster with a GMT800 Tahoe master and a ~2000ish S10 reservoir. No hydroboost for this truck, it'll throw you threw the windshield as is. When racing/autocrossing, you stab the brakes hard on and off quite a bit and hydroboost doesn't do well with that. Plus it's more lines/weight/potential for leaks and I'd really hate to lose brakes and steering all of a sudden when there's walls or poles close.
 

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Pulled it out in the driveway to pressure wash off all the cobwebs off from spring/summer storms.

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Then pulled it into the shop again to start picking away on some things again. :D
 

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Parts coming in to do grill. I can see air intake duct to small. Also, getting parts for spare hoist.
 

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the original ones were so old and bad that one split in half as I was unscrewing it
 

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