Damb joe that’s crazy price wise, what we won’t do for our hobby. Tracks are closing all the time, we’ve been lucky her in Cali were I live Sacramento raceway still 1/4 mile and 20 min from my house very fortunate. PS dig your car and videos.
Gas will not "eat teflon tape". The reason it is is not recommended to use teflon tape with fuel lines or any hydraulics with tapered threads (not flare type fittings) is because pieces of the tape can tear off and get into the fluid causing clogs or blockage. Teflon paste or other fuel proof paste type sealants are safer. As long as you are careful with the tape, it's perfectly fine. PTFE braided hoses are commonly used for fuel line as well as hydraulics like PS fluid and trans fluid.
If you keep the thermostat and crossover from the intake to water pump could you put the temp sensor in the smaller plugged hole on the water pump? Is it the correct size? I like this modification but my car will be mostly street, thanks.
Looks wicked dude. It basically reminds me of a more basic version of a steam port setup the LS uses. I have been thinking about making something like the base for your air cleaner but wider so it can seal it against the hood when I put in a six pack scoop on mine
Bro.. If you wanna knock temp outta the system and make more torque, go E85 if you can. On a 100° Southern California day I can cruise my big block car with 4.10 gears, 3,500 stall and a reverse manual valve body and never crack 170° on my temp gauge. Pretty crazy. I used to have to avoid any type of idling on hot days to keep it under 200°. Not any more, pretty stoked on how the E85 has helped with my temp issues.
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop Aww.. that sucks. It's worth swapping your carb if you were able to find it. Good luck with your coolant mod. Should help with the heat.🍻
Dude amazing engine bay, so clean and lots of work! Congratulations on a beautifull job! I wanted to ask you, how about naking a list of the stuff you use (like npt’s and braided hoses) and make one of those amazon listings where you can make some $$$ extra. Just an observation. It would surely help us copying this great recipe!
Looks really good. Peter is going to do a 408 for me and I noticed you mentioned you might change out your spark plug wires. Just wondered if you’d want to sell them ?
Did you block the flow at the deck. Two big holes on the top side back of block ? That's what's supposed to force the water flow up and around the head and out the intake passages you put in. You'll also see coolant lines from timing cover to the bottom of the block on some oval engines
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I know some of the oval track guys because thats what do but haven't done that mod yet. Just got cometic to make them gaskets with that hole blocked. They'll be some flow there for sure idk 🤷♂️ if it will help or not. Its a mod to change the direction of water flow through the engine. They found the water just goes straight to the back up the heads and straight forward to the exit at front of intake in factory configuration. The serious oval effort dodges came up with a total package to make the cooling system much more efficient. Forcing the water to flow front to back bottom to top . Just asking because I've seen it alot with the oiling mods too guys only do half the job and then say it doesn't help 😆. Stuck exhaust valves due to lack of cooling has been the theory and problem for some too. Oval track engines take a beating. Wasn't uncommon to see a blown up chevy a day before good cheap aftermarket parts were allowed in the stock type classes. Lol
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop for the critics also remember that oval engines are never below 3500 for 15 minutes plus unless it's a caution or in the pits. I come off the corner around 5000 in my cars. Overheating is a huge problem I know guys who aren't concerned at all at 240 degrees operating temp 🙄 hope it helps cooler engine is a happier longer living engine in most circumstances 😀
She still is looking pretty. What do you usually shift the motor at RPM wise and what did she dyno at ? I'm sure its somewhere in here but just discovered y'all. Thanks .
@@NobilityandLoyalty lol. Rev limiter is an electric component built into my ignition box. It cuts spark after a set limit, say 6500 rpm, so the motor will not rev past what ever you set it to
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I knew what it is but I was thinking back to the good old days when we wouldn't know what it was like about 1970. Lol 😂 Don't tell my wife about her being one. She would Rev Me Out. You guys are the best.
My head is spinning after the comment on the ferry ride...😳😳 Joe , I run purple ice in my 461 pontiac street car.. Stock rad. ,mechanical water pump , clutch fan , 165 ° t. Stat with 3 1/ 8" Holes...160 at track never over 170 ° in traffic 95 ° days.... (stock shroud ) . I sacrificed looks and weight for the convenience of not having to worry about temp... but I get the look you are after....mine is a daily driver from end of April till the end of October in Pennsylvania....
Ya o should clarify the weekend trip would be like 1000$. Ferry would be 400$ plus tho truck amd trailer. It’s a rip off for sure and there is no bridge.
The engine looks awesome 👌 You can also paint the valve covers and the top air filter cover the same color of the car and remove the fresh paint from the top surface of the fins and hit it with a clear coat to seal it. Love those ceramic coated headers. Looking forward to your delta temp readings....
@@PredaFran I don’t believe this to be true. Not from my experience anyway If you have a good size rad a fan it will cool as much as go thru it. Even anything running hot, Pull the thermo amd it will runn cooler
it's not how physics work and it's not related to coolant temp or the fan it's about the fact that the pressure after the thermostat needs to be higher to prevent localized boiling, it raises the boiling temp of the coolant inside the block. Water pumps add around 40 psi more to the water pressure on top of the pressure already provided by the thermostat. It's also why the rad inlet hose is almost always smaller than the outlet hose even tho water expands a lot after heating up. People don't put restrictors in an engine because the water flows too fast. That's just a wives tail, a myth. Our water pumps will cavitate long before we get there . Almost all the forms of high level motorsports you find out there will have thermostats or at least a restrictor plate, circle track, time attack, nascar, formula drift, etc
Gas in Washington state just went up 50 cents a gallon back up to 5.49 at Chevron so much for inflation control. Love the video's I only mentioned the Gas thing was because I was shocked as they said it was going to go down.
Please keep us informed on this new dragstrip that is being constructed !!!! I myself am very interested in any information you could give me/us on the tracks progress !!!! Thanks man !!!
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop thanks for getting back to me in such a short time !! Your one of the good guys !!! I wish I could come up with some suggestions to help you improve your car in some areas but you seem to have them all pretty much covered !! I know you want to keep it as much factory and streetable as you can so that leaves all my ideas out !! Have you made a decision on your carburetor yet ??? When I raced I had a 750 stage 3 carb from BG that flowed 1040 CFM @ the top end ! Gave me great consistent 60 ft times and plenty of throttle to the traps !! The drawback 800$ 15 years ago rather salty but it did work !!! The plugs were perfect after shutting the car off down the shut down and pulled a couple plugs at the end of return road !! That was a 406 with 13.2 to 1 compression !!!! That smaller cfm gave it great snap off the line but I never compromised the mid range or top end with fuel !!! Everybody told me I needed a 950 my engine builder said if the plugs read true don't touch it !!! My 60 fts were consistently 1.42 to 1.40 all day and mph was always mid 142 range !!! Just some FYI from my past and how I miss it !!!! Can't wait to see that car on a bigger track !!! Would love to see your car truckin 122 + mph(1/4 mile) !!! Have a good winter with your babies !!!!! (referring to your car and your little one)😁😄😊
@@circletrack7538 right on bro! Not sure prob going to leave the 750 on it, I may try to get it back on the dyno this winter amd just see how it is. Looking forward to some 1/4 laps next year! Both baby’s are doing great! Cheers👍🏻
Damb joe that’s crazy price wise, what we won’t do for our hobby. Tracks are closing all the time, we’ve been lucky her in Cali were I live Sacramento raceway still 1/4 mile and 20 min from my house very fortunate. PS dig your car and videos.
Very nicely done engine bay, always spotless! Well done!!!
Gas will not "eat teflon tape". The reason it is is not recommended to use teflon tape with fuel lines or any hydraulics with tapered threads (not flare type fittings) is because pieces of the tape can tear off and get into the fluid causing clogs or blockage. Teflon paste or other fuel proof paste type sealants are safer. As long as you are careful with the tape, it's perfectly fine. PTFE braided hoses are commonly used for fuel line as well as hydraulics like PS fluid and trans fluid.
If you keep the thermostat and crossover from the intake to water pump could you put the temp sensor in the smaller plugged hole on the water pump? Is it the correct size? I like this modification but my car will be mostly street, thanks.
Looks wicked dude. It basically reminds me of a more basic version of a steam port setup the LS uses. I have been thinking about making something like the base for your air cleaner but wider so it can seal it against the hood when I put in a six pack scoop on mine
Oh found the horsepower number . What do you shift her at ? Thank you.
Hey, dude, one more question! why did you go with AN8 and not AN10s? Will too much water be too much? Thanks bro!
Just thought 8 looked good. I don’t think any prob going bigger!
What a Sweet, Sweet car!!!!!!!! Hot rodding is never done!!!
Bro.. If you wanna knock temp outta the system and make more torque, go E85 if you can. On a 100° Southern California day I can cruise my big block car with 4.10 gears, 3,500 stall and a reverse manual valve body and never crack 170° on my temp gauge. Pretty crazy. I used to have to avoid any type of idling on hot days to keep it under 200°. Not any more, pretty stoked on how the E85 has helped with my temp issues.
Im going e85 bought a fitec 1200 hp. Bbc 168 still a work inbptogrss
No e85 anywhere I know of. I’m in Canada, don’t even think we have it here.
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop Aww.. that sucks. It's worth swapping your carb if you were able to find it. Good luck with your coolant mod. Should help with the heat.🍻
Awsome video thanks
Dude amazing engine bay, so clean and lots of work! Congratulations on a beautifull job! I wanted to ask you, how about naking a list of the stuff you use (like npt’s and braided hoses) and make one of those amazon listings where you can make some $$$ extra. Just an observation. It would surely help us copying this great recipe!
I never done that before. May look into it👍🏻
Please do
Cool, so your coming to Mission? Would love the chance to see that car in person. 😎👍
Yes eventually for sure
Looks really good. Peter is going to do a 408 for me and I noticed you mentioned you might change out your spark plug wires. Just wondered if you’d want to sell them ?
Well I’m a classic Mopar guy so nothing for sale lol Pete will hook you up right with a 408 👍🏻
Sounds good thanks keep up the good content 🤘🏻
Love the simple clean look, you da man.
@@mpmopar87 helll ya brother. Lots more on the channel
Great work! You are a true craftsman!
oh man, I've been to Vancouver island once! will be stopping there again in May on our Alaskan cruise.
Off topic but, do you have jet extensions ?
Yes I do
Did you block the flow at the deck. Two big holes on the top side back of block ? That's what's supposed to force the water flow up and around the head and out the intake passages you put in. You'll also see coolant lines from timing cover to the bottom of the block on some oval engines
I don’t know if it’s blocked at the back honestly. There is water in the heads there tho and it flow thru my new hoses and out so I’m assured of that
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I know some of the oval track guys because thats what do but haven't done that mod yet. Just got cometic to make them gaskets with that hole blocked. They'll be some flow there for sure idk 🤷♂️ if it will help or not. Its a mod to change the direction of water flow through the engine. They found the water just goes straight to the back up the heads and straight forward to the exit at front of intake in factory configuration. The serious oval effort dodges came up with a total package to make the cooling system much more efficient. Forcing the water to flow front to back bottom to top . Just asking because I've seen it alot with the oiling mods too guys only do half the job and then say it doesn't help 😆. Stuck exhaust valves due to lack of cooling has been the theory and problem for some too. Oval track engines take a beating. Wasn't uncommon to see a blown up chevy a day before good cheap aftermarket parts were allowed in the stock type classes. Lol
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop for the critics also remember that oval engines are never below 3500 for 15 minutes plus unless it's a caution or in the pits. I come off the corner around 5000 in my cars. Overheating is a huge problem I know guys who aren't concerned at all at 240 degrees operating temp 🙄 hope it helps cooler engine is a happier longer living engine in most circumstances 😀
She still is looking pretty. What do you usually shift the motor at RPM wise and what did she dyno at ? I'm sure its somewhere in here but just discovered y'all. Thanks .
Shift light goes on at 6100 so by the time I make the shift it’s about 63/4 but I sometimes still hit the limiter at 65 👍🏻
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop What's a Rev Limiter? In my day it was our wife. True but funny. Motor on my friends.
@@NobilityandLoyalty lol. Rev limiter is an electric component built into my ignition box. It cuts spark after a set limit, say 6500 rpm, so the motor will not rev past what ever you set it to
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I knew what it is but I was thinking back to the good old days when we wouldn't know what it was like about 1970. Lol 😂 Don't tell my wife about her being one. She would Rev Me Out. You guys are the best.
O. M. G. $1,000 just for the ferry.... YIKES!
Well 1000$ for the weekend. Probs like 450 ferry 300 hotel gas food racing adds up.
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop Not a cheap hobby, but we love this stuff.
did you plug the rear deck passages to force more exhaust valve cooling ?
? No explain please
please see , RUclips
Just LA’s
600+Hp….? 408 small block mopar
the cylinder heads get the coolant prior to block circulation , thus cooler heads allowing higher compression with less chance of detonation
You do a great job of keeping this thing clean and well thought out.
hehe, i have heater so i run Mechanical fan and electric pusher 1600 cfm
My head is spinning after the comment on the ferry ride...😳😳
Joe , I run purple ice in my 461 pontiac street car..
Stock rad. ,mechanical water pump , clutch fan , 165 ° t. Stat with 3 1/ 8"
Holes...160 at track never over 170 ° in traffic 95 ° days.... (stock shroud ) .
I sacrificed looks and weight for the convenience of not having to worry about temp... but I get the look you are after....mine is a daily driver from end of April till the end of October in Pennsylvania....
Ya o should clarify the weekend trip would be like 1000$. Ferry would be 400$ plus tho truck amd trailer. It’s a rip off for sure and there is no bridge.
Your trailer needs to double as a pontoon boat, get on that asap 😵
The engine looks awesome 👌 You can also paint the valve covers and the top air filter cover the same color of the car and remove the fresh paint from the top surface of the fins and hit it with a clear coat to seal it. Love those ceramic coated headers. Looking forward to your delta temp readings....
Thanks for watching
So did the water lines help reduce your engine temperature?
Yes
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop how many degrees?
How many degrees did it drop?
@@joer5000 I don’t have good A toB test results. Only driven the car once since mod but was hot day and car ran 180 everywhere. So good.
Isn’t there a race track in Duncan?
Not a drag strip
Do you run a restrictor plate in place of the thermostat?
No
Why not even a restrictor, it helps to prevent localized boiling
@@PredaFran I don’t believe this to be true. Not from my experience anyway If you have a good size rad a fan it will cool as much as go thru it. Even anything running hot, Pull the thermo amd it will runn cooler
it's not how physics work and it's not related to coolant temp or the fan it's about the fact that the pressure after the thermostat needs to be higher to prevent localized boiling, it raises the boiling temp of the coolant inside the block. Water pumps add around 40 psi more to the water pressure on top of the pressure already provided by the thermostat. It's also why the rad inlet hose is almost always smaller than the outlet hose even tho water expands a lot after heating up. People don't put restrictors in an engine because the water flows too fast. That's just a wives tail, a myth. Our water pumps will cavitate long before we get there . Almost all the forms of high level motorsports you find out there will have thermostats or at least a restrictor plate, circle track, time attack, nascar, formula drift, etc
@@PredaFran no one I know does this to my knowledge and my temps is always like 180street and 190 on race days so I’m good.
Gas in Washington state just went up 50 cents a gallon back up to 5.49 at Chevron so much for inflation control. Love the video's I only mentioned the Gas thing was because I was shocked as they said it was going to go down.
Yea gas here is up again too. Thanks for watching
Please keep us informed on this new dragstrip that is being constructed !!!! I myself am very interested in any information you could give me/us on the tracks progress !!!! Thanks man !!!
Ya I will for sure. Haven’t heard anything lately tho.
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop thanks for getting back to me in such a short time !! Your one of the good guys !!! I wish I could come up with some suggestions to help you improve your car in some areas but you seem to have them all pretty much covered !! I know you want to keep it as much factory and streetable as you can so that leaves all my ideas out !! Have you made a decision on your carburetor yet ??? When I raced I had a 750 stage 3 carb from BG that flowed 1040 CFM @ the top end ! Gave me great consistent 60 ft times and plenty of throttle to the traps !! The drawback 800$ 15 years ago rather salty but it did work !!! The plugs were perfect after shutting the car off down the shut down and pulled a couple plugs at the end of return road !! That was a 406 with 13.2 to 1 compression !!!! That smaller cfm gave it great snap off the line but I never compromised the mid range or top end with fuel !!! Everybody told me I needed a 950 my engine builder said if the plugs read true don't touch it !!! My 60 fts were consistently 1.42 to 1.40 all day and mph was always mid 142 range !!! Just some FYI from my past and how I miss it !!!! Can't wait to see that car on a bigger track !!! Would love to see your car truckin 122 + mph(1/4 mile) !!! Have a good winter with your babies !!!!! (referring to your car and your little one)😁😄😊
@@circletrack7538 right on bro! Not sure prob going to leave the 750 on it, I may try to get it back on the dyno this winter amd just see how it is. Looking forward to some 1/4 laps next year! Both baby’s are doing great! Cheers👍🏻