"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
01/19/2018 at 01:20 • Filed to: None
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
01/19/2018 at 01:20 • Filed to: None | 6
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Rather long list of things I got done tonight and yet so many things I didn’t get to.
Got my toe set to 0. Castor is still off so the car pulls to the left so I’ll have to look into that.
Passenger seat is temporarily bolted in place. Need to make proper brackets for it instead of the strip-metal garbage I have now.
Here’s a look at the headroom with the stock Jag seat, which has a torn-out bottom and no stuffing anymore so I do sit a bit lower than a seat that actually has foam in it.
And here’s the headroom in the Chevy seat. It isn’t stellar but there’s more foam I can still remove from the seat and it is oh so comfy.
Made these for the steering rack. I added some bushings the other day but I couldn’t add enough to prevent the rack from moving side-to-side, so I’ll be hammering these between the washers I already added to take up any remaining slop and slightly preload the rack side-to-side so it has nowhere to move, hopefully improving feel and reducing this obnoxious slop.
Got the A/C compressor taken off real quick and re-torqued the exhaust header bolts, then fixed my too-loose throttle cable (which wasn’t letting me have WOT enough to start in fast-idle mode) and my trans kickdown (not TV) cable which wasn’t kicking down a gear other than very specific situations. Now I need to fix the governor so the trans will let the engine rev out all the way.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/19/2018 at 05:31 |
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Coming along nicely
Sovande
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/19/2018 at 07:03 |
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Do you have an Edelbrock carb? I just went through all the adjustments to get the kickdown cable adjusted after I installed a new bracket. Night and day difference on my car, and not as fiddly as I thought it would be.
I also just installed Volvo seats in my El Camino. Very comfy, but they did reduce my headroom a bit, which kind of sucks since I am 6'4. It’s a lot nicer to drive now, however since I no longer feel like I am falling out of the seats.
You car looks like it’s coming along! Such a cool body shape. Good luck!
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Sovande
01/19/2018 at 08:28 |
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Yup, Edelbrock 1407. Stock jets and one step leaner springs.
CalzoneGolem
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/19/2018 at 09:28 |
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Can we talk about your mustache? It’s creepin’ me out man.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> CalzoneGolem
01/19/2018 at 10:05 |
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I licked my upper lip in a dust storm yo.
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Sovande
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/19/2018 at 10:13 |
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I have the 1406 with stock jets, stiffer springs and leaner rods. I think I need to up my secondary jets as the AFR gauge shows it leans out a but too much at moderate throttle. It took me a lot of tuning and re-tuning and jetting and changing rods to get it to be a nice, responsive carb. I was very close to taking it off and replacing it with something else, but I am glad I stuck with it. It has plenty of power now, the throttle response is great and the mileage is abysmal.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Sovande
01/19/2018 at 10:34 |
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Hm. I don’t have an AFR gauge but I have never had response issues with mine, even when it was three steps rich on the left jets and four steps rich on the right (as I got it, previous owner was... special).
Agree on the fuel economy. I get 8-10.
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Sovande
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/19/2018 at 10:44 |
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I had lot of off idle stumble, and spent a lot of time trying to get the timing right. There were two reasons for this: one was I didn’t have the card for the cam so I had to adjust the timing until it felt right - then I had to rebuild and re-curve my distributor, the second reason was I didn’t really know what I was doing. I also had a vacuum leak from the intake gasket (tightened and doing fine so far) that would make everything wacky. The AFR gauge has been a big help, especially since I am new to carbs and small blocks.
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CalzoneGolem
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/19/2018 at 10:45 |
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Not better.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Sovande
01/19/2018 at 10:51 |
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Card for your cam?
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Sovande
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/19/2018 at 11:01 |
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Card that tells you what the cam spec and timing should be.