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It's ALIVE!!! (pics)(and now video)
An engine rebuild that ran over budget and out of time is finally running. I started this project 4 years ago and have been dragging this car and all its parts from house to house with the hope that someday I would get it running. Well that day finally came.
I solved A MAJOR issue yesterday that I didn't even know I had. I always found it "funny" that I would get little "sprits" of fuel coming up out of the dual Webbers. It was a problem that has been there since I put them on. It turns out that the exhaust system was too restrictive for the engine. I was running a PBS header with a 2" exhaust with high flow cat and Flowmaster muffler and 2 1/4" tail pipe. Well, yesterday when I finally got the engine to idle, things were just not right. The "sprits" of fuel had turned into more of a shower and it seemed that I had more pressure coming out of the carbs than the exhaust. The timing also had to be extremely advanced for it to run.
After brainstorming with my father about the issue, we came to realize that it wasn't cam timing that was my issue, but more than likely exhaust back pressure still in the combustion chamber when the intake valve opened causing an exhale/inhale effect through the carbs. Once I dropped the exhaust and only had the header on I gave it another try. The car fired right up...and up... and up. With the timing being so advanced and me using a remote starter switch, the panic of shutting the run away engine down could have won me some money on America's Funniest Home Videos.
It's diled in a little better now and sounds sweet, loud, but sweet. A few things to do before it's ready to drive around on the weekends.
1st new exhaust
2nd 4 wheel alignment
3rd E-brake cable
The rest is just detailing issues and not required for a sporting drive around town.
Here is a list of the goodies:
Bored and decked block
Shaved PBS big valve head with S2 cam and IAP racing valve springs
Adjustable cam pulley from Midwest X1/9
Cower rods
9.2:1 pistons from Bayless (the 11.5:1 pistons wouldn't fit after all that decking and shaving. Save for next car I guess)
Windage tray and increased oil pressure
Dual 40 DCNF Webbers
K&N air filters
MSD 7AL-2 ignition, Supercoil, and platium plugs
Aluminum flywheel from Apple motors
4 puck ceramic clutch and high tension pressure plate Clutchnet.com
4.54:1 finial drive and LSD from Colotti
Keizer 15" lightweight racing rims Yokohama 225/50-15 back 195/50-15 front
Drilled and slotted rotors
Braded brake lines and metalic brake pads
KYB struts in front Koni adjustable in back
IAP springs
IAP anti-sway bars front and back with polyurethane rubber
PBS exhaust header
Here are a few pics
Video
AngleT
An engine rebuild that ran over budget and out of time is finally running. I started this project 4 years ago and have been dragging this car and all its parts from house to house with the hope that someday I would get it running. Well that day finally came.
I solved A MAJOR issue yesterday that I didn't even know I had. I always found it "funny" that I would get little "sprits" of fuel coming up out of the dual Webbers. It was a problem that has been there since I put them on. It turns out that the exhaust system was too restrictive for the engine. I was running a PBS header with a 2" exhaust with high flow cat and Flowmaster muffler and 2 1/4" tail pipe. Well, yesterday when I finally got the engine to idle, things were just not right. The "sprits" of fuel had turned into more of a shower and it seemed that I had more pressure coming out of the carbs than the exhaust. The timing also had to be extremely advanced for it to run.
After brainstorming with my father about the issue, we came to realize that it wasn't cam timing that was my issue, but more than likely exhaust back pressure still in the combustion chamber when the intake valve opened causing an exhale/inhale effect through the carbs. Once I dropped the exhaust and only had the header on I gave it another try. The car fired right up...and up... and up. With the timing being so advanced and me using a remote starter switch, the panic of shutting the run away engine down could have won me some money on America's Funniest Home Videos.
It's diled in a little better now and sounds sweet, loud, but sweet. A few things to do before it's ready to drive around on the weekends.
1st new exhaust
2nd 4 wheel alignment
3rd E-brake cable
The rest is just detailing issues and not required for a sporting drive around town.
Here is a list of the goodies:
Bored and decked block
Shaved PBS big valve head with S2 cam and IAP racing valve springs
Adjustable cam pulley from Midwest X1/9
Cower rods
9.2:1 pistons from Bayless (the 11.5:1 pistons wouldn't fit after all that decking and shaving. Save for next car I guess)
Windage tray and increased oil pressure
Dual 40 DCNF Webbers
K&N air filters
MSD 7AL-2 ignition, Supercoil, and platium plugs
Aluminum flywheel from Apple motors
4 puck ceramic clutch and high tension pressure plate Clutchnet.com
4.54:1 finial drive and LSD from Colotti
Keizer 15" lightweight racing rims Yokohama 225/50-15 back 195/50-15 front
Drilled and slotted rotors
Braded brake lines and metalic brake pads
KYB struts in front Koni adjustable in back
IAP springs
IAP anti-sway bars front and back with polyurethane rubber
PBS exhaust header
Here are a few pics
Video
AngleT
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