Thread: LS1 swap into 53 Chevy

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Originally Posted by rspears

You've done an amazing job on the engine swap, and getting all of the more modern stuff working right. As the say way down south, Good on ya', Mate! It's a crash hot beautee! Now rattle ya' dags and get out there and give it a hear!

(Translation jb?)

"You've done well my friend! It's ultra beautiful! Now get a move on to get it out and play with it loudly!"

Incidentally...Happy Birthday Seth. Fill ya gob with Tip-top! (Translation: Be sure to eat lots of ice-cream!)

jb

Happy birthday Seth and another saying for you guys up there from us down under is, " Give it some jandal now " which translates to push the go pedal long and hard to warm the tyres up.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Happy birthday Seth and another saying for you guys up there from us down under is, " Give it some jandal now " which translates to push the go pedal long and hard to warm the tyres up.

Hmmmm, I thought Seth's birthday was back in April?

On that saying, it helps to know that "jandal" is the Kiwi slang for a flip-flop sandal, which were often made in Japan in the earlier times.... Right?

Did you put a pressure reduction kit in your power steering pump? They put out way to much pressure for a ford rack. I got mine on eBay.

[QUOTE=rspears;568082]Hmmmm, I thought Seth's birthday was back in April?

On that saying, it helps to know that "jandal" is the Kiwi slang for a flip


It's a bastardisation of 'Japanese sandal'.

Originally Posted by v8nutz

Did you put a pressure reduction kit in your power steering pump? They put out way to much pressure for a ford rack. I got mine on eBay.

Do it right, build a bracket to mount the Ford pump.

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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Happy birthday Seth and another saying for you guys up there from us down under is, " Give it some jandal now " which translates to push the go pedal long and hard to warm the tyres up.

My birthday is actually in April, you had me worried I slept too long this morning. Yep, I've got the tires warmed up a few times already The first time I tried was with the bad intake gaskets and it didn't break um loose because it stuttered too bad. That turned out to be a good thing because I didn't see the Police car 1/2 a block away

Originally Posted by v8nutz

Did you put a pressure reduction kit in your power steering pump? They put out way to much pressure for a ford rack. I got mine on eBay.

The first rack I had on leaked before I even started it with the 348 and type II pump,but I didn't have the pressure turned down and it was awful touchy going down the road. I got reducing kit with both the relief valve and orificed down fitting with this rack and Saginaw pump and wow, it drives 100 times better. I could put a Ford pump on to match it perfect like Tech mentioned but it works good for right now, maybe this winter I'll look at doing that.

You don't want ford pump, they are noisy.

Now that you say that, I remember that's the one thing that always annoyed me about 80's and 90's ford pickups. I had an 88. Yeeeaaaarrrrrn, yeeeeeaaaaaarrrrrrnnn

I have a 5.0 ford in my miata and the pump makes it sound like i have a gear drive, it's obnoxious.

Originally Posted by v8nutz

I have a 5.0 ford in my miata and the pump makes it sound like i have a gear drive, it's obnoxious.

A 5.0 in a Miata,I'll bet that thing has some gitty up !

It's really fun, drives like a very torquey gokart.