454 Engine Swap: Carburetor Setup and Mods for Boost (78 Firebird Ep.33)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- We thoroughly covered the supercharger we will be using, but haven't mentioned what will go on top of it yet. There is a lot to cover on the Holley carburetors we will be using and all sorts of things to figure out in order to make them work the way we want them to. We will be installing special vacuum canister lids to synchronize the secondaries, boost referencing the power valves, and bending a whole bunch of tubing to run fuel up to them.
Timeline of filming: May 22nd, 2020 - October 29th, 2020
Song List (Order of First Appearance):
0:01 Blizzards - Riot
3:49 Take Your Time - Dan Lebowitz
6:17 Dream Land - The 126ers
13:33 Simon's Song - Dan Lebowitz
16:57 Only Farwell - Dan Lebowitz
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This started as two episodes and ended up getting cut down by almost 20 minutes to keep up a fast pace, which is what took an extra week during editing. Really trying to get through this content without it dragging too much (which it arguably already has) but I don't want to take shortcuts through covering the work that was done. Next episode will be the last one before the small block engine is pulled from the car to make room for this one to go in! Thanks for sticking around through all of this!
will you be running e85 booted applications lol it.
The videos are still very well put together and interesting to follow along. Your build series is one of the best compared to others I’ve seen on UA-cam. Yes it’s been dragging like you said but there’s still a ton of people that are very very interested in the build. Keep up the good work 😉
dice, these videos are genuinely what i look forward to each and every month, every day i refresh your page hoping to see another one of your videos pop up, i don’t feel like it’s dragging on or taking too much time, take all the time you need! the work is amazing and your videos are so satisfying to watch! thank you for all you do for us!!!
Buddy i think i can speak for the internet: we like all the content and we love the dragging.
Love how it's shown step by step and while I might probably not do the same project ever in my life, I feel like that's a value added content. Waiting for this engine to fire up!
The amount of planning that went into this had to be monumental. Thank you for showing us this. It is quite remarkable.
Love this channel. Your humour and ability to roll with what happens is great and the presentation is awesome too. Looking forward to seeing the car in it's final form!
Gotta love your creativity making all these connections. Still, I feel like there are going to be a lot of leak problems in the future to fix.
Thanks - as always! I love the level of detail you go into with your vids. Way more entertaining than watching those 45 minute videos of a complete car restoration that other channels seem to prefer. The work and dedication that it takes to operate at this level is truly appreciated!!
I just love watching carburettor builds and mods. Sure EFI is better in every technical way and accessible to hobbyists these days, but nothing beats customising your carb to behave exactly how you want with drill bits and metal epoxy. Max comfy 👌
I was puzzled all the way through this video as to why on Earth anyone would choose a carburetor over EFI. I'm still puzzled. Carbs are so much more of a pain in the butt to set up and maintain.
I can watch hours of this content and always wish there was more when the videos are over. You do excellent work. Keep 'em coming!
I love the little brackets and tabs that you come up with on the spot.
Such a treat whenever you get a video out, love watching you fabricate usable parts using basic tools especially.👍
I'm not a gearhead in the least, but I think the hard lines look pretty damn cool!
I love watching the Firebird videos, partly because I'm a '78 model myself, but mostly for your in-depth explanations on what your doing and how often you make do with DIY machining. As someone who knows just enough to change the oil and swap out a battery I never feel lost in any of your videos.
I watch every episode, but it always feels like a slowmotion wreck to me. It's fascinating. Not saying I could do better, because I probably couldn't, but every episode has an "oops I broke that" of some kind. Draws me right in.
Using the brake line is exactly why we're here. Built not bought. 👍 I'm gonna be sad when she's done.
7:17 that has to be the CUTEST bobby pin I've ever seen 😍
Elegant design. I absolutely love the way you made all those modification
I’m a simple man, I see “FuzzyDice” and I like.
I admire your work, so much creativity, I am just amazed
We're all waiting with great anticipation to hearing the first start up. I can just imagine the mad max sounds coming from the supercharger 👍👍👍😀😊
i love mad max,sadly the supercharger on that car was a prop.....only spun electrically
Your wealth in knowledge in this kind of work is amazing! So glad to see this is almost 100% complete!
We really need to get this man a lathe. I'm fearing for his digits!
I love this series. I get super excited every time I see a new upload
awww no highlight mistake reel at the end, love that part, thanks for the build so far, cheers
Nice. This is like watching an episode of how it's made. Love it.
Great series!
This engine better run incredible after all this effort!
Really dig tunning in to keep my mind running on building. Fuel heating can cause vapor issues with carbs. The line being close to the engine will cause access heat. If you run into long running issues and it's fuel supply try heat shealds on the fuel line. Have a great day.
Yes! A new episode!
love this format, on the edge of my seat the whole time. cant wait to see the next episode!
Favorite project channel
I would've 100% shortened that throttle linkage bar on the left-hand thread side. Nice catch.
Interesting & well narrated video! God bless, Bill.
I really needed this in depth video, I havent boost referenced my carbs yet and the amount of raw fuel dumping out my exhaust is not great, it seems like every jet/tune combination I try it still stays pig rich, so I'm really glad you took the time to show the boost reference portion of your carbs👍👍
Always a treat. Love the series.
Still hoping for another road trip in the future. Cheers. 🍻🥰👍
Nice work man, can’t wait to see this thing running
The project farm of fabrication!! Well done bro 😎
clean work : I like it !!
Awesome! That was some Binky level of brackets and fab! Keep it up
Woke up just in time for this video
The brake lines look so much better and you don't have to worry much about rotting rubber lines lol looks great
Except he still had to use rubber lines anyway
Love these vids. Excited every time you upload a new one.
I would say that you're unbelievably persistent but i realized that this project took you several years!
I would have given up pretty early in the process if I were you 😂😂
Great to see it coming along 👍
Make more and longer videos plz. You have excellent content!
That's an incredible job, maybe an engineer job? How you craft various mounts for the engine, and fits perfectly! I love you videos, waiting for the next one!
Sooooooooooooooooooooooupa Chaaaarger! I love seeing your videos pop in my feed.
Where is the Pinto? I enjoyed that adventure immensely.
This is such a great channel. I’ll never rebuild an engine, but I love this content.
ultimate plumbing job done! like with no doubt!
Oh yeah new episode
Shiny new(ish) Holley cars, very nice! But i remember when you scrimped on buying a £10 valve because this was a budget build.😉 That seems like a long time ago now
For bracket mounting holes, oversize is always the right size.
Looks pretty cool good job.
I am truly loving this series.
Im gonna have a nice day cause of this thank u :)
Btw i was like: yesssssss f*ck yesss.
My mom like: wtf is wrong with u
Definitely don’t mind if you keep them longer I like to see the step by step so when I gotta do something you might of did I can consider it
Looks really good.
Your out classing the car man lol it going to look good
In Stanley Hookers book "not much of an engineer" he stated that Rolls Royce can to the conclusion that the suck through carbs on the Merlin aircraft engine was on par in outright performance with the mechanically injected,variable supercharged engine in the Bf-109. Principally because the air/fuel mixture entered the centrifugal blowers where it was mixed and evaporated to absorb charge air temperature......reducing detonation. Suck through is fully retro high performance.
this is the most paranoid carb video i have ever seen
Man thats amazing what an imagination this guy has really creative solutions XD
Cool.Perfectly steampunk 😉
All those vacuum hoses reminds me of the late 70s early 80s emission spaghetti mess.
The amount of hoops you are jumping through in order to avoid spending a few hundred dollars is hilarious but more power to you.
Where's the fun in buying everything? Half the fun is brainstorming creating/fabbing. Built not bought. Js🤷♂️
@@nonsequitur807 Sure I get it. Not complaining, I enjoy the content.
Although you may not need it, It might be worth it to insulate the aluminum fuel line so as to ward off any vapor lock problems in the future.
if you live long enough you might see this fire up :) good job
1:26 You could rotate 1 one them 180°.
The problem with that is that each carb throttle leaver would operate to a different side. This would require some creative solution to link them together and syncing them could become a nightmare.
You need to use a front carburetor that is set up like a 426 Hemi or a 409 4x2 set up that only functions as an auxiliary carburetor. It will
Not have any choke provisions since it is not necessary.
I went to sick week and seen a black mustang with a big blower on it. He would change it out for a different blower when he was going to street drive it. When asked he said the tension on the case from the Teflon seals would destroy the blower seals if he didn't change it for street driving. It made me think of your other video where your blower had a lot of tension. I hope you don't have issues with that.
I love your channel but might I ask, with aluminium being an excellent conductor of heat, might it not be prudent to shield fuel lines to prevent vapour lock? 🤔
May I make a suggestion? Buy a drill press vice. It's a lot sturdier than using vice grips to hold a workpiece.
Awesome video as usual. Love your creativeness. Any guess on the hp/tq numbers from this setup?
450ish?
It's really hard to say, the combination of parts is a bit odd with the low boost and small port heads. Probably not immense horsepower but should have great low and mid RPM torque, maybe 400hp and 500ft/lbs...?
Nice , should turn out to be a good street car once you get the tuning sorted. I can’t barely get one to run properly lol let alone 2 with a blower .
Great build. Your liquid filled gage will read incorrect when hot. I have switched to a standard gage because of that.
awesome!
Can't wait to see all those fuel and vacuum lines leak. Will never work correctly. 😀
4:06 That looks like the Harbor Freight Warrior brand step drill which aren't bad, but they are terrible about grabbing as they go through each step. The Bauer ones are like $1 more and are MUCH better.
Yoooooo!
nice nice nice 😊
Great content as always. Any updates on the Smallblock Pinto? Was the radiator just undersized the entire time?
If there is just one thing I would like changed on these 1850 style carbs, its... the freakin crossover tube. The o-rings are thin, and aways die young. What if... they afforded a passage [or two] through the metering block & main body? Bowls would need redesign to port fuel over to needle & seat, but I'd rather pay a few extra bucks for that than wonder if I'm going to burn my ride down.
I'm about to start my first rebuild of an 89 Toyota Pickup. Your videos make me afraid... should be miserable and worth it!
A model manual n UA-cam are your bestest friends. Imagine what you'll learn during the process. I'm currently building a 99 FLST n 83 CJ7. Don't be skeerd👍
Man you need come and help me with my 355 Sonoma
not sure why you had to drill the entire passage to 3/16th's id have drilled the 1/8th then only about 3/4 of an inch for the 3/16hose and glued the tube in, that way you wouldnt have come across the other passages?
I was thinking this also.
I saw the date of July 22nd 2020, dose that mean we wont see this running for another 3 years? consider you just posting the video now.
Was the actual work done to this engine in 2020 ? I see dates posted on top of screen in the videos?
Just curious if its already done and in car and your just editing videos now to post?
Why not just run sideways and have some spacers cnc’d so the linkage clears? Or rotate the linkage so it moves away from rather than into the intake?
Do you mean a spacer/spacers that widen the carb spacing? That would certainly work to clear everything, but one of the reasons I chose the 250 blower in the first place was for how low profile it is and having spacers on top doesn't help there. It would also be more money and time, and realistically I'm probably not going to do a ton of jet changes anyway. Making spacers, an entirely new carb adapter, or further modifying the carbs are all options but I decided against those paths.
“It’s soft brass and only has to seal 6psi so…… maybe?”
I’m somewhat of an engineer myself it seems
I'm pretty sure if this guy had a lathe he could build a spaceship
I often wish he did have a lathe and a milling machine. He certainly needs them both.
I'm convinced Mike was a plumber in his past life 🤔
How in the world do you know how to do all this???
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IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY HE HAS TO OPERATE THE BOOST SPRINGS MANUALLY 😅 YEP DEFINITELY READ THAT IN THE MANUAL. NEEDS..TO..BE OPERATED..MANUALLY 😅😅
all the episodes are great, just too short. as soon as you're in the zone it ends...
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Way waaaaaaaaaaaay overkill on the tubing size for the power valve passage, wouldn't have broken thru the idle transfer slot if you used something more reasonable like 1/8"
1st 😁
I really used to enjoy this channel in the beginning. When you were working on the S10 blazer and more vehicle side. It seems this channel has really become just a bit of long winded engine engine rebuilds and or fitting. Don't get me wrong I watch all your videos still. But I feel like you spend a bit too much time on things like. I had to cut this bolt, I had to grind this spot, had to file this piece, type things and the videos just seem really specific to your personal vehicle project combo. I'm not bashing but maybe consider less nut and bolt specific type stuff and spend more time on the actual project content. I enjoy your story telling ability and your DIY mentality but the videos just seem to be long winded as of late videos of you on the belt sander or grinding a bolt 3 or 4 times. Just my .02
That's why we watch. There are zillions of other channels that are formatted to the style you mentioned. His style sets him apart...above the fray as it were...🤷♂️
I hear you and honestly I agree to an extent, but there are people who really appreciate the extremely in-depth approach and part of why I've been doing it is that not many other UA-camrs are silly enough to attempt that level of documentation and video editing. I like the idea of this particular project being shown in a lot of detail because that is what a lot of custom stuff actually takes to get done. I am committed to finishing out at least this section of the project in this style but I do very much want to get back to a simpler approach for most future videos because trying to edit these is taking years off of my life and preventing me from actually working on the cars.
I hear you and I don't disagree, but I have convinced myself that this is important. It may only be a subset of the audience that agrees but I'm going to stick it out for this engine swap mini series. I do very much appreciate everyone who watches and/or sticks around through this all!
@@nonsequitur807 I disagree. I think most people watch because of his narration and story telling ability. I'm not suggesting changing that in anyway. I think they hyper focus on minute details is actually holding the channel back a bit.
@@abefroman1986 not to be argumentative but that's precisely the point. His lethargic attention to detail. Well, that's why I watch...
@@nonsequitur807 I understand where you're coming from and I'm not trying to be argumented of either but my point is is you are probably in the minority The majority of people probably watch for his storytelling not the minute detail part
Whyyy are you adding Boost Reference and setting the carbs like that? You only need to do that if the Carburetor is being pressurized (Blow Through) with bost. This is called a Draw Through set up...
Incorrect. Holley “blower carbs” come with this modification from the factory.
@@johndelta00 It will run way to rich and push fuel through the vents and flood the supercharger and engine... I have never heard of that.... When setting anything up for Draw Through it should be just like a Normal carburetor (richer on the main jetting depending on the boost level you plan on going with and elevation), If you're running 14PSI it needs to be roughly twice the jetting size and with more fuel volume, not pressure to kep up with the new demand of air being pulled through the engine.
Using draw through and then setting the carburetors up for "blow through" he is is going to pressurize the bowls and flood the engine out. I think he did research on what to do for "boosting carburetors" and did not realize there is 2 ways of Turbo and Carburetors set up and he just started doing it with the furst set uo he seen.
@@trxtech3010 My brother, I have literally done and successfully daily drove a turbo blow through s10 for years. You’re not telling me anything new. However, brpv is still used on regular “draw through” supercharger carbs.
If you didn’t boost reference the power valves on this type of supercharger they may never open because they will almost always see a vacuum.
it's copper. look up nickel plating. those fuel line can blend easily
Dude you really need a lathe. :D
This build is literally my favorite on UA-cam, ever. I cannot emphasize how excited I am to see this motor in the car!