Comments for Stingray6974

[JHL]

Hi, nice sunny day so was able to get the car out for a run around.

The brakes are now fixed and the warning light is out, I obviously just was`nt using enough force on the pedal to release the valve the last time I tried.
I also messed around with the timing and as you suggested replaced one of the springs in the advance mechanism with a heavier spring. I have ended up with just short of 20`btdc at idle and I set up the mixture using a proper vacum gauge. It seems a lot of initial timing but the engine is much smoother and pulls from about 1500rpm no problem.

Thanks for the help
J.

 

[JHL]

Mike
On the old engine which had just over 200rwhp(204hp on one dyno) my best time was 14.73@94.56 and the best 60` time was 1.776 I was going thru the lights in third with the tacho showing about 6,700rpm I did try changing up to forth a couple of times to keep the rpm`s a bit lower but that was a few tenth`s slower.

It will be interesting to find out what the new engine will do. I would like to think it can get me into 13 second quarters. Unfortunately I will have to wait untill springtime to find out. I know a guy that has one of these computers which gives 1/4 mile times that I might be able to borrow but I don`t know how accurate it is.

I phoned Jegg`s yesterday and they have the parts I want in stock so in the newyear I will order from them.

J.

 

[JHL]

Mike,

I will require your comments shortly, I hate to have a car which is not 100% so I ordered the calibration kit for the carb from Jeg`s today. I also ordered a set of new ignition wires with heat shield around the boots. The straight plug heads have the sparkplugs very close to the headers, when I initially fired it up I burnt two wires and had to use a couple from an old 8mm set. If this lot does`nt get me into running 13`s I`ll be seriously p**** off.

Cheers
J.