Recent content by Voeltagear

I'm getting ready to pull the 76 Aspen and the 87 5th ave in the garage and start swapping parts to make the 5th ave a 4 speed. I have a good idea about what I need for the swap but I'm open to suggestions. The carpet is a question for sure. The Aspen carpet is in great condition but I'm...

Things are looking up. Fingers crossed I've resolved a couple of issues this past couple weeks. The vacuum cap that was leaking fixed the leaning out when hot issue. I also discovered the vacuum advance hose was delaminated and I think it was collapsing inside not allowing it to release the...

Also, I ordered a limiter plate. Looks like my light spring is pretty fast and the heavy spring maybe too slow?

I installed my backup distributor today and recorded some timing numbers with the vacuum can disconnected. Factory Green light spring and Brown heavy spring. No mechanical advance to about 900 rpm. 4° at 1000 rpm. 11° at 1200 rpm 15° at 1400 rpm Then it stalls until about 1900 rpm 17° at 2000...

I'll give the mopar ignition module credit. I swapped in a gm hei module and the car died today after a good heat soak. It turned out to be a weak signal from the magnetic pickup in the distributor. A couple thousandths was the difference in a no spark, no start situation. The mopar module...

After looking further into my distributor I believe it has 13° of distributor mechanical advance. So it should have 26° of mechanical advance. 26°+8°= 34°, right where I want to be. I may try an old Mallory unilite distributor I have. It has adjustment for the mechanical advance and springs...

Anyone have experience with tuning timing curves? I adjusted my heavy spring to slow the curve earlier and it helped a lot with the pinging but I'm not satisfied with the power curve. I'm currently running 8° initial plus 22° mechanical advance and 10° vacuum advance. It hits hard early but...

I got fed up last night a started to take the carburetor off to clean it again. Just out of curiosity I pulled one of the rubber vacuum caps and stuck it on my vacuum pump. The s.o.b. was cracked and leaking. It wasn't visible and never showed up when spraying it with carb cleaner. Well now...

It runs a pretty steady 3.5psi but I didn't take it out for a test drive to see if it changes while cruising.

At this point I've replaced every piece of rubber fuel line, the sending unit, the fuel pump, fuel filter, re-routed the fuel line from the pump to the carb, repaired the steel vent line back to the tank, cleaned the idle/low speed jets, added a little extra shot to the accelerator pump, and...

It's numbers matching carter bbd. I'll hook up a fuel pressure gauge this week.

Thanks, I didn't delete the EGR, it was done by a previous owner. I think your are referring to the PVC valve. It is still intact and works as it should. Heat doesn't cause air to separate from the fuel, it just vaporizes, meaning it takes up more space but it's still the same chemicals that...

So the pinging came back in 90° weather. Watching the AF ratio shows 12-13:1 when it happens. I stepped up the accelerator pump just to see what would happen. The pinging stopped. I think someone needs to come up with new carb rebuild setup specs for today's gasoline . I'm not sure why it...

I checked it Friday. It is spot on.

Today I plugged the charcoal canister purge line. It runs a lot smoother and holds the A/F ratio steady. Now I have to figure out what to do with the fuel tank vent. If its even hooked up to the tank.