smokediver
07-22-2005, 07:37 PM
The motor is finally in and running !!! I really took my time getting up the courage to start her up for the first time ... i have never done a project like this before and was very intimidated ... alinging the engine was by far the hardest part ... Anyway , I replaced the stock cast iron manifolds with a set of aluminium GLM ... It seems like the starboard side is getting good flow and there is less coming from the port side ... my temp gauge read between 150 and 170 after running it on the ears for about 5 minutes .... is this normal ? my 4.3 never got over 140 .. lastly ,but not leastly , i wanted to thank all the members who helped me out along the way ... Oh , i went straight out the back with the exhaust ... no mufflers :biggrin: