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  1. 08-30-2020, 08:12 PM #1
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    First Start (finally)

    Hi all,

    After years of watching you all posting your first starts and after 3 years (and 1 week) working on my build, I was finally able to bring my beast to life !!

    It took a couple of turns to bring it to life, then some adjustments to the fuel regulator to for a more successful second start.

    Here's take 1 …



    Here's take 2 …

    will post separatly

    (hopefully I did the links correctly)

    Overall very successful start. I have a couple of pouch list items to chase (including a cooling question which I will post separately).

    Here's some photos out in the sun (for the first time)

    First Start_1.jpg

    First Start_2.jpg

    Thanks to you all for all the help and support to get to this point.

    Can't want to do some go carting ...
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  3. 08-30-2020, 08:16 PM #2
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    here's take two ...

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  5. 08-30-2020, 08:20 PM #3
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    can't see video but either way really dig that dual air intake. cool!
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  7. 08-30-2020, 09:33 PM #5
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    fixed the videos (new to the youtube thing)
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    Way to go. Congratulations!
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    Very nice congrats!
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  10. 08-30-2020, 11:46 PM #8
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    Congratulations!
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    Congrats!
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    Sounds awesome, CONGRATS!
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    Well done. Congratulations.
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    Congratulations on a happy day.
    Which air intake tube do you have your MAF sensor mounted in?
    For some reason, I do not think that is going to work, unless the sensor is down stream of the Y, which will be very close to the throttle body.
    I had trouble with my MAF sensor being too close to the throttle body and had to move it.
    I am not a FI expert, just what I have encountered with my cars.
    If you get your tune from Lund, send them a picture and they can advise. It was helpful for me.
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    That's awesome. Congratulations! I can't wait for the day that I get to that point in my build.
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    great job! Never get tired of watching these!
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    awesome! I had my first start and engine break-in this weekend too! 289 flat tappet cam.
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    Congratulations! Sounds vicious!
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    Yep, what wareaglescott said! All down hill from here. Congrats!

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    Thanks all.

    Feels good, real good (sounds good too )


    All down hill from here.
    Hope so, I could a little down hill momentum ...


    Congratulations on a happy day.
    Which air intake tube do you have your MAF sensor mounted in?
    For some reason, I do not think that is going to work, unless the sensor is down stream of the Y, which will be very close to the throttle body.
    I had trouble with my MAF sensor being too close to the throttle body and had to move it.
    I am not a FI expert, just what I have encountered with my cars.
    If you get your tune from Lund, send them a picture and they can advise. It was helpful for me.
    Mounted on the driver side. Truth be told the passage side is a dummy (just for looks ) so the MAF should work like normal (that's the idea anyway).

    Heads up, I need to post a couple questions separate on thread as I need some help from the experts ...
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  22. 08-31-2020, 11:20 PM #20
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    Now that's a sweet sound... Congratulations!
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    It's a beautiful sound. Congrats.
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