Recent content by 37SLANTY

Man those cars are swoopy aren't they? Niiicce.

Por-15. I wish people would stop using that stuff. It ruins an otherwise nice restoration. Por -15 is for sealing up rusty crappy areas when you are patching a rust hole in a 1985 Honda. Those floors are beautiful, no need for por-15. Por -15 is permanent, non-original,a very poor appearing...

seat belts with shoulder harnesses

If they use the same key blanks then yes.

oh, ok mine does not. It works all by itself somehow. It must have a power supply in it.

ok. You mean run the pertronix, not the distributor machine right? because if I test a 12 volt distributor I don't need a battery at all with the machine, the strobe works as is.

Passed sniffer today HC was 337 instead of 2000 on idle test. My driving test CO was higher than it was before for some reason, but still within range of passing. Guess the intake bolts were the problem. The over advanced distributor probably didn't help. Thanks to everyone for their help and...

All thread, or redi rod is available in grade 8 quality I have lots and use it all the time, so strength is not an issue using it. Just don't use the regular grade 5 stuff.

I will test that out. It's on summer right now. I'm not sure what the correct length is supposed to be. Any one know? An update to my earlier posts, engine runs much better now since setting the timing and tightening the manifold bolts. I suspect the big problem was the manifold sucking air...

I've read in here that upwards of 12 degrees either way is available at the adjustment slot, so one could easily over advance at the maximum travel.

ok, now I put dist back on with basically centered advance tab for lack of a better place to start. I marked tdc on the crank pulley though so I should be able to use a timing light now anyway. By the way the "large tie strap" method of finding TDC works awesome. Easily done. I took off the...

V12Bill: No, not idle screws adjusted out...idle SPEED screw adjusted out wont get idle below 650 rpm. Scooder: Blades fit snug to bore of carb Flatjack: idle mixture screws are out about 3/4 turn. I adjusted them for highest vacuum reading at the lowest rpm I can get which is 650. 1931 flamingo...

Yup I did. Float level bang on, actually if anything a little lower than it could be but only minorly so. Jets are the factory size of .045. The old jets that came out were .045 also but I put new ones in. The carb is completely rebuilt,. The strombergs are actually really easy to rebuild and...

hydrocarbon 2000 ppm at idle

I should add the the gassy smell isn't really that bad.. very minor. My main concern is the high hydrocarbon reading on idle test only. Driving test on dyno is on the money. I've watched down the carb throat at idle and there are no dribbles, or fuel leaks into the throat, float level is bang on...