My new (to me) ride

[Kenney]

A little update. Little things that the PO forgot to mention to me. 

Steering has been erratic and unpredictable. Notice that you can actually see toe-in on the front left, so I took it up for an alignment. Get this. It was free, and wasn't even done. From the looks of things (curb rash on the front right should have been a dead giveaway) the car was rifled into a curb. Tie rod is bent to hell, beam is bent, and the steering box wasn't very tightly mounted. Ouch. A whole new front end was just ordered.

On a lighter note, I'm only a few parts away from a full engine. I'm going to use everything I ordered and kept before, and waiting on a few more things to show up now. Heads are the biggest thing right now. I've been doing a bit of reading on the useful/performance difference between wedge ports and oval ports. The 44 webers I have now are gonna stick around for a while, then I'll shift to something else.

Any thoughts on heads?

Kenney

[admin]

What cam and what's the displacement of the engine?  If it's smaller and more mild on the cam, I'd got with the oval ports.  If your building a beast like mine, go for the wedge ports!  They look real darn similar to my fancy-schmancy Heads Up heads.

Scott Faivre

[Kenney]

The case is clearanced for an 82 crank. Well, looks like it'll clear fine. A little grinding isn't a biggy.

Cam? Kind of a toss up between the Web 86B or W120. They're a bit different, but I'd rather not run ratio rockers. What do you think of your 120? I'm sure there's plenty of power down low for cruising around and stuff, but where's your idle at?

I'm not really able to decide between a 2180 and a 2275. Just as easy to to go big, but since I only have two ACVWs right now, heat during the summer drives is a bit of a concern, but i'm sure both of them will fair just fine.  I will be driving it everyday of the year, and once the '73 is back on the road, i'll be able to switch back and forth. Also, for now, I'll hang onto the 44's for the engine, though i'd rather EFI it right off the bat.

Heads are gonna cost about as much as the rest of the engine

[admin]

Idle?  What's that?    Mine doesn't idle right with the clogged idle jet on #1.  Although it's rough running on only 3 cylinders, it idles pretty low.  Next time you come over, to borrow that engine, I'll take you for a spin.  You can see how you like the 120.  I've not built an engine with anything bigger, so I'm not sure.  I have rode in cars with FK-8's and IDAs though!

Scott Faivre

[Kenney]

I was gonna ask you for a ride in that thing sometime.

They're moving me over to Monday - Fridays starting this weekend, and i'll be losing alot of time to get things done outside of work now.

Speaking of idling . . . I'm curious if my assumptions on the 2110 are way off. My car's not idling worth a darn, but if I dig into the throttle, it rockets off like it's fine. I'm beginning to think I may have an idle jet issue. Rather than troubleshoot cheap stuff, I replaced the intake gaskets and put everything back on. Now, all this poor idling (with a random, soft backfire) when the engine's cold to almost warm kinda happened over night. When the engine is warmed up, it has a steady miss at idle, little to no power, and heats up VERY quickly stop light to stop light. Sounds like a lean run to me. Of course, one of the things I shoulda looked for before getting too far was the fuel filter. To absolutely no surprise, there isn't one. Oh, the joys of owning a POS.

In an effort to stretch the life of this turd until I can make it to your place, I'm thinking of pulling the carbs friday night, cleaning them, rebuilding, and gauging the jets to make sure everything is at least "close" and babying it some more.

Kinda OT, but I had a blast this weekend helping my buddy finish converting his 1600SP to a DP. Spent a good 6-7 hours with some Honey Brown and Pyramid while setting the rocker geometry and going over the math to figure out his chamber volume, deck height, and calculating compression. Good times for a sand rail.







Kenney

[Kenney]

Just a quick update before this thread gets completely worn out (if it hasn't already.)

Pricing everything out, it looks like i'm roughly about 1-2 grand into getting the body cleaned up, all the seals replaced, suspension work (mainly up front), might be able to squeeze a strip and primer in there, and a new gas tank.

Of course, i'm already $3280 back on the engine, and i'm sure a new trans is in order.

Right now, the engine runs strong and pulls harder than hell when it's warmed up, but heats up fairly quickly and then i lose most of the power and it idles like garbage. Luckily, i don't have to go much further than a mile, and if i do, it's usually green lights the whole way.

I'll get a thread going on my engine as well as all the body and suspension work in the weeks to come.

Kenney

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Good Luck Kenney !

[Kenney]

Thanks Rich!

I think Scott and I will be assembling and breaking in my new engine, so it looks like i'm in good hands.

Kenney

[Kenney]

Been nearly a full year and no REAL updates on the car. So . . . Here's an update:

I've started gutting the car, little by little last week. This is close to where i'm at now. Forgot to take pics the last 2 times I was working on it.





















As you can see, most of the '67's interior panels (and even some of the carpet!) was original. Very rotten though after 40 years. Just need to clean up a few things and POR the hell out of it before continuing on. Need some front seats, too.

Kenney