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clint4vette
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It was a white knuckle ride until some things got adjusted correctly.
My first venture out of the garage, under its own power was quickly returned to the garage. Hitting the brakes at the end of the drive, proved to be exciting. It pulled to the right as if I purposly turned the wheel in that dirrection. Backed her into the garage and went through the knock off process; adjusted the brakes again and back out on the road.
I have some low end issues with the advance/adjusting. My mechanic said he would look at again after the holidays. He ordered different springs for the distributor and had backed thigs down so that things wouldn't be overly advanced, and said drive it some. I'll be camped out on his door step to get her timed in propery with the new springs and all.
Once I got by the "nothing below 2,000 rpm", I could drive her around enough to get a feel for things.
I don't have expierence with drum brakes. It is taking several adjustments to get them to grab at the same time/presure. I had someone tell me this is normal for them as the parts are wearing in. All components are new, literaly, from the new rubber pad on the pedal to the shoes pushing on the drums and everything in between.
The second item I spent a lot of fine tuning with is the trailing arms. I spend a lot of trips out of the drive way and back in for the car to settle, then to adjust the camber (top of the wheel in or out) to get the best vertical apprearance. THis is to get her close enough to bring it to a garage for an alignment, and close enough to test drive for function of all parts together.
Once I had things adjusted to an acceptable level, I pushed she a little harder. She cleans out after 2500RPM and at 3500 she in in the power curve quite nicely. I can already tell the 375 hp is more than I've had under my foot before.
I still have a lot of little things to finish up on. My radio is at S&M being reworked. New door glass is on it's way, the new trim pannels are held on with 2 screws. The fresh top is waiting for instalation, and I'm sitting in my mechanics parking lot with my lap top bringing you all up to speed on this passionate project, my 64 fuelie.
Looking forward to Carlysle!
My first venture out of the garage, under its own power was quickly returned to the garage. Hitting the brakes at the end of the drive, proved to be exciting. It pulled to the right as if I purposly turned the wheel in that dirrection. Backed her into the garage and went through the knock off process; adjusted the brakes again and back out on the road.
I have some low end issues with the advance/adjusting. My mechanic said he would look at again after the holidays. He ordered different springs for the distributor and had backed thigs down so that things wouldn't be overly advanced, and said drive it some. I'll be camped out on his door step to get her timed in propery with the new springs and all.
Once I got by the "nothing below 2,000 rpm", I could drive her around enough to get a feel for things.
I don't have expierence with drum brakes. It is taking several adjustments to get them to grab at the same time/presure. I had someone tell me this is normal for them as the parts are wearing in. All components are new, literaly, from the new rubber pad on the pedal to the shoes pushing on the drums and everything in between.
The second item I spent a lot of fine tuning with is the trailing arms. I spend a lot of trips out of the drive way and back in for the car to settle, then to adjust the camber (top of the wheel in or out) to get the best vertical apprearance. THis is to get her close enough to bring it to a garage for an alignment, and close enough to test drive for function of all parts together.
Once I had things adjusted to an acceptable level, I pushed she a little harder. She cleans out after 2500RPM and at 3500 she in in the power curve quite nicely. I can already tell the 375 hp is more than I've had under my foot before.
I still have a lot of little things to finish up on. My radio is at S&M being reworked. New door glass is on it's way, the new trim pannels are held on with 2 screws. The fresh top is waiting for instalation, and I'm sitting in my mechanics parking lot with my lap top bringing you all up to speed on this passionate project, my 64 fuelie.
Looking forward to Carlysle!
