Ontopic The new car-seching thread

[Mr. Argumentor]

Possible you're running jets too big to idle without a ton of air? Where are the idle screws set on that edelbroke?

Maybe? But it drove from California to Bama and I'm going on the assumption that it was running well there. I know my Uncle wouldn't have fucked with the jets if it was doin alright.
No clue on the idle.

 

[Jehannum]

Maybe? But it drove from California to Bama and I'm going on the assumption that it was running well there. I know my Uncle wouldn't have fucked with the jets if it was doin alright.
No clue on the idle.

Ah, if you haven't messed with it, maybe it's fulla varnish and shit.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Also, I have this:

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Ah, if you haven't messed with it, maybe it's fulla varnish and shit.

Very very possible. It doesn't seem to fully act like that though? It's more under load transitions that it gets uppity?
Of course, under load could be a different fuel circuit

 

[Jehannum]

Very very possible. It doesn't seem to fully act like that though? It's more under load transitions that it gets uppity?
Of course, under load could be a different fuel circuit

yeah, under load it should be coming from the main jets. I'd probably just take the whole metering block out and throw it in a pail of whatever cleaner you prefer (B-12 FTW).

 

[Jehannum]

Also, I have this:

Weird that an LT1 drivetrain would lose the Optispark. I didn't know they even had provision for a distributor.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Weird that an LT1 drivetrain would lose the Optispark. I didn't know they even had provision for a distributor.

Crate motor, maybe Vortec? Not LT1. Distributor in the back like normal on Chevys

 

[Jehannum]

Crate motor, maybe Vortec? Not LT1.

ah, my memory is clearly not what it used to be. Should probably use some story sticks to help.

Does it have the appropriate carb gasket and/or adapters? Chevys are known to come from the factory with stupid spread bore for their dumbass quadrajunks, and AFAIK, Edelbrocks are all square bore.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

yeah, under load it should be coming from the main jets. I'd probably just take the whole metering block out and throw it in a pail of whatever cleaner you prefer (B-12 FTW).

Edelbrock is weird. Some of them have metering blocks, but most don't.
Metering rod with a "power piston" arrangement.
Pic at the top of this article has a good display.

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[Mr. Argumentor]

ah, my memory is clearly not what it used to be. Should probably use some story sticks to help.

Does it have the appropriate carb gasket and/or adapters? Chevys are known to come from the factory with stupid spread bore for their dumbass quadrajunks, and AFAIK, Edelbrocks are all square bore.

 

[Jehannum]

So I drove home today bathed in glorious German air conditioning.

 

[Jehannum]

 

[ZRH]

Forza!

 

[Jehannum]

Somebody in Albuquerque bought a wankpanzer.


I didn't expect it to look dumber in person, but it does.

Photo taken in Sycamore Plaza, before mike creeps on me again.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Somebody in Albuquerque bought a wankpanzer.
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I didn't expect it to look dumber in person, but it does.

Photo taken in Sycamore Plaza, before mike creeps on me again.

Saw one today that someone had painted black.
Still looked stupid.

 

[ZRH]

Somebody in Albuquerque bought a wankpanzer.
View attachment 18441

I didn't expect it to look dumber in person, but it does.

Photo taken in Sycamore Plaza, before mike creeps on me again.

That was me creeped on you

 

[Mikeawesome]

That was me creeped on you

stop trying to get at his non binary sons

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Saw one today that someone had painted black.
Still looked stupid.

Saw one that was  brown

 

[ZRH]

stop trying to get at his non binary sons

What?

 

[Jehannum]

The little guy's torquing the clutch pressure plate bolts down, the ones that we ghetto-machined to the appropriate depth.



We didn't arrive at any heroic feats today, bowing out of fitting the transmission after a couple tries before we did any permanent damage. We did get the belt drive fully assembled, the radiator, fans, and hoses back in front. I'm short a few feet of 3/4" heater hose at my parents house, so I need to peruse my bin of spares to see if I've got anything suitable for the bypass/heater core hoses.

I also showed him how to find top dead center by shoving your thumb in the spark plug hole of #1.