A warm Tuesday Night

11 pm and still warm out
Not bad for January





I installed the heat riser tube tonight.
Had to paint and put on the mount for it (the new bright red piece above the exhaust manifold).
Also found a 90° elbow for the bottom of the air cleaner snorkel to attach the other end.

I had an after market throttle return spring bracket and it was too tall (hitting the elbow) so I cut that down and painted it too.
Also put on a correct 70 throttle cable bracket which took up the slack in my gas pedal - I should be able to really floor it now!



Last weekend when Dad was here, I took off the generic chrome air cleaner and we "did up" the GS air cleaner. The plastic snorkels are not supposed to be painted but they were not in the greatest shape, so I sanded out the defects and sprayed it all. I may pick up some dark charcoal paint to re-do the plastic pieces to be closer to the plastic color. A new GS455 decal too. Topped it off with a new air filter.

I put the chrome air cleaner and old filter on the motor on the test stand





With the rebuilt stock style distributor and the electronic kit, I can feel that it runs smoother and a little more responsive too... happy with that for sure.
The 1.25" front sway bar, bushings and end links Dad and I put on have had a noticeable effect too