Chris's 6.4 Hemi Stroker Truck

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How is that efan treating you? Any problems? Temperatures stay about the same as the stock fan?
 

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this is looking really good. Im gonna have to catchup on all you've done to it!!
 
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How is that efan treating you? Any problems? Temperatures stay about the same as the stock fan?

I had a bunch of issues to work out with all the changes I did to the coolant. Got stuck with two bad thermostats in a row that made the truck over heat, had a coolant hose slip off while driving and short out the efan one day. After I got all the bugs worked out it’s running fine. Hottest it gets is around 195°.
 
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this is looking really good. Im gonna have to catchup on all you've done to it!!

Polished Eagle heads, Eagle truck manifold, new headers and Custom built Y pipe, reflashed the converter to 3400, sent the valvebody back twice in the past 3 months to get converter lockup issues fixed. This year has been rough with a ton of stupid issues and breakdowns unfortunately. Right now it’s back to running fairly smooth
 

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Polished Eagle heads, Eagle truck manifold, new headers and Custom built Y pipe, reflashed the converter to 3400, sent the valvebody back twice in the past 3 months to get converter lockup issues fixed. This year has been rough with a ton of stupid issues and breakdowns unfortunately. Right now it’s back to running fairly smooth
how are you activating the active runner? had it to the track yet!?
 
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how are you activating the active runner? had it to the track yet!?

I have an MSD window switch hooked up, but after I got it all together I found out the solenoid on the intake was broken and I never got around to ordering a new one since I was having so many other things breaking on me at the same time. I haven’t been to the track yet, I just got the transmission working right last week
 

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Couple questions. What did you do to up the fuel pressure. I went through this thread again and you talked about swapping to an 05 pump and walbro 255 or an external regulator, which route did you go? Also with the fuel rail you have feed lines going to both sides of the rail even though they are connected through a center line, what's that purpose? Is it like a "return line" just keeping the fuel cycling?
 
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Couple questions. What did you do to up the fuel pressure. I went through this thread again and you talked about swapping to an 05 pump and walbro 255 or an external regulator, which route did you go? Also with the fuel rail you have feed lines going to both sides of the rail even though they are connected through a center line, what's that purpose? Is it like a "return line" just keeping the fuel cycling?

I just replaced the 2003 regulator with a 2005 regulator. I added a fuel pressure gauge at the fuel rail and can confirm it has 58 psi of pressure. I haven’t changed out to a better pump yet, haven’t really needed to quite yet. I added the extra hose so it had better flow to the other side of the fuel rail because that crossover was kinda small, I have no idea if it helped or not. I switched back to the normal single attachment with the new intake manifold I’m using
 

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What timing cover are you using now? And did you original power steering pump just bokt right up
 
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What timing cover are you using now? And did you original power steering pump just bokt right up

I’m using the car timing cover and all the car accessories. I have a full write up on hemi truck club forum
 

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...and I just read 87 pages... *eessh*

Looks like a lot of quality work and a whole lot of things I am planning on doing to my poor '03.
 
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...and I just read 87 pages... *eessh*

Looks like a lot of quality work and a whole lot of things I am planning on doing to my poor '03.

There’s another 175 pages of this over on hemi truck club forum also haha


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That darned site didn't allow me to join, some automated spam filter.
Like I have too many posts on other forums on something...
 
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That darned site didn't allow me to join, some automated spam filter.
Like I have too many posts on other forums on something...

Yeah unfortunately that site always has weird issues


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I've always thought the intake manifold on the Hemi was pretty ugly, especially with the hemi hat gone from a cold air intake. So I was looking up the Taylor shortie wires and happened across a random post showing off an intake that a guy cleaned all the excess plastic off of. Since I had a spare manifold from the new engine I figured what the heck. Spent a few hours with a dremel and got it most of the way cleaned up. I can't wait to get this painted and put on
Starting out. Ugh a ly!!! View attachment 388126
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About 80% done now
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Now that looks like an intake!
Hey I did that too.... wish I had seen yours first
 
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