Not a lot of work done on the car so update will be short.
I did get a chance to really drive the beast around a lot this weekend. Before I could though, I had to repair my driver's side front tire as it seemed to roll off the bead a bit and went flat before the weekend started. (Thanks Auto-X)
Good news is that Tires Plus put it back on with zero problem for like 18 bucks.
For those curious what kind of rats nest I'm supporting in the engine bay, here it is.
Relay is powered by the battery, switched on my ignition wire. It powers a block which powers the coil, carb choke and the Fuel Pump's micro controller.
In other news, I think I will attempt to sell the old 429 block. I haven't done any research on that yet but I'm assuming I can get some money out of it. It is even numbers matching for the people that actually care about that kind of thing.
Even has the original engine tag.
Beast Mode
So yeah, I got to drive the beast around a lot this weekend, in 95 degree weather. It was a ton of fun. Here are things I noticed:
- Driving while hung over in a hot, 1972 car in 90 degree weather without any kind of working air is brutal.
- After some good heat soak and driving around - she has a really hard time starting.
- Even more so Sunday than I've noticed any where else.
- The choke needs calibrating. While it turns over in the cold, it takes extra work from my foot to get it to stay idling. I also noticed that if I put a bit of gas in it from a complete stop, she'll bog a bit until I put more pedal in it. This seems to only happen while the choke is engaged.
- I really hate carburetors. I will start saving up for an 'easy-efi' solution now.
- I tightened my exhaust to close to the frame - it bangs and rattles when idling - it really drives home that "you know what you're driving" feeling. I need to fix that soon.
Maybe this weekend I will tackle a few of the above items.
Until then!
