I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm just saying because you don't agree with the way his rig was put together, you don't have to start off bashing it, which is what it seemed like you did. Yes we are both from TN and we are friends and we go wheelin and work on stuff often. He actually posted that from my house today while he was over here helping me clean out my garage that he uses regularly. And that's your opinion about EFI, I can line up a lot of carbed cars that will smoke your "EFI" stuff! That's just more crap to mess up! Clean and simple.
I appreciate the patient response, I could see a flame war starting after I posted. But after seeing more of your explanation it makes a little more sense. Yes we were viewing the same thread at the same time. I'm over here spending a day cleaning out the garage and getting into trouble. However we weren't intentionally attempting to gang up on you.
I have to agree with EFI being better, I love EFI motors and avoid carb if I can help it. But for application purposes I don't see that it makes a difference what you choose, Some people can build one better with there available knowledge than the other. I don't think that EFI over carb when hardcore wheeling and in a bind will make a difference as its all in the build. Ive seen many high rpm carb motors that can run with hgh rpm efi motors off road and on.
What I meant by not being his decision was that it was not built by him. My grandfather got his hands on a motor I was working on and I lost that motor too. He knows what hes doing, but he didn't know what I was doing. For the OP its difficult to walk into someone else s project and know what is going on til it shyts.
Back to the main issues, I don't think your motor OP was randomly burping air into the Radiator, I'm thinking you were experiencing regular vapor lock due to the motor having never been burped properly to begin with. This is my guess based on your description of the problem. But then again you never know, there could be a pinhole leak above the fluid levels of the radiator. Which the vapor lock issues explain the overheating which is what caused you to crack the head or catch a gasket leak. If you buy another motor you will end up doing the rebuild process anyways if your smart or you can just rebuild this one. A second motor maybe just to make it drivable while you work on this one, but I would go ahead and rebuild this one. As far as the c-4 goes, You can make it work with gears, but a c-5 is just a c-4 with overdrive. The c-6 is what we plan to put in hatman's truck with the 289. Supposedly alot beefier and stronger. he needs gears too.
you guys being from tenn and it appeared equally disliking efi in a all around application, let alone off road is what surprised me....i did not think you were ganging up on me or something like that. i have wheeled tenn, kentucky, folkks from those areas and the experiences there generally proved out some simple and excellent effective solutions. i learned a great deal down there and is actually where i learned solid carb setups for off camber....even so quite surprising to find your view anti efi.
we are much closer then you think, as i know good formulas to go either way. efi or carb when being built with specific goals.. when being application specific...its just that. so point of view i think is where the disparity is here.
this thread is for a general use application. so efi here is superior...so we will have to agree to disagree about it as opine...but, i never pushed efi. this is a situation to just let er be....the 4bbl works good just needs a healthy set of pistons pulling air through it. i would leave the c4 and go to 33's even so i can keep it that much more simple. (personally of course it would not go that way, say he left it in my yard for free, it would be efi and aod the 1st day i had to dedicate to it.)
a driver is a driver to me. when i say this that means i can hop in the fugger and it will fearlessly take my happy ass from coast to coast and canada to the gulf, high and low as efficiently as possible. you cant do this with a carb and gasoline.....well let me qualify that....
average joe, which is
most modders/swappers and sas guys here, that like to wheel.... in the beginning..... just are not gonna pull it off and beat the efi vehicle. especially wheeling one week at 9 k feet and the next in jhonson valley.
realistically tuning a carb for varied performance and altitudes and specifically for off camber high altitude performance on the fly, is not an overly easy task....and when the engine isnt showroom clean or at least reasonably clean its a high risk to even pull the air cleaner if not necessary.
now its opinion, but i think your being intellectually dishonest with yourself if you think otherwise...or are simply limited in range of experience.
from what i picked up here you guys go from a more dedicated approach and trailering a rig is preferred to do some of the funner stuff. there is a point where dual purpose is not feasible...i can appreciate that ... and is actually more reasonable from mid level trails on up. and i certainly agree you can build to terrain no problem and get away with any induction.
the complications of a high rpm build in my
wheelin range dont work at all though, and i never know where i am going next. i dont even know where the original poster is from or generally runs the vehicle so i can not push one over the other.
the c5 is not an overdrive transmission....just a c4 with lockup. technically though i can see it as an overdrive....i do consider it a overdrive if you have a custom setup built with higher/looser stall and still retaing lockup. good luck pricing that one out though. but it would slow rpm 15 percent or so. stock its 4-10 percent.
regardless i have been watchin you bastards in tn and kentucky and look forward to wheelin at an event or two eventually with rbv's over various artists groups....though really its always various artists isnt it...???
so you can school my yankee detroit blue belly ass when the time comes good and proper.
I do intend to button up the engine bay if I keep working on this project. I need to trim out all of the extra wiring, make up some inner fenders to seal up the engine bay, and I want to build a front skid plate that would tie everything together.
my truck doesnt even have wheel wells
but they are a good idea for some situations.
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