Re: Henry's 37 Limousine
Posted by Cli55er On 2017/2/8 9:53:37
i'm sure you guys are getting tired of seeing this blog in the recent forum topics list, but here is the latest.
new spark plug wires came yesterday. i had to assemble them on the car. i cut them one at a time to the same size as what was on the car already. then I hooked them onto the spark plugs and fed the unfinished end through all of the brackets. I had to lift the top left side of the braket to fit the last wire in. these are 8mm vs 7mm that was on the car. you can't really tell the bracket is lifted unless you get right on it. oh well, i'd rather have the 8mm wires. I like that they say Made in USA on them.
then i assembled the wire ends one at a time and connected to the dizzy. i call the result the Octopus. not the prettiest, because the wires came with 90 degrees on the dizzy end.
fired the car up and man what a difference! much smoother! i was even able to get the carb tuned better. got it down to 750rpm and leaned the richness out a bit. Still sitting pretty at 2 graduations on the flywheel. the timing light was not freaking out either. Since these wires filter out RFI i was able to angle the timing light better as they didn't wipe out the LCD display like the old wires did.
when i would rev to about 1300 rpm i was getting 7 degrees of advance. i was also getting 30 degrees of dwell.
I think getting the carb done and new exhaust will fix the rest of the issues. (exhaust experienced a hell of a backfire when i had the dizzy 180 out, which i think did something to the muffler.)
I dont know if the gauge on the dash is reading right though. pegged at 212 while it was running. i cant really see this thing getting that hot after all the work i did. i plugged the electric fan in and ran it and the temps started to come down. i have a replacement gauge coming for that triple pod i mounted, so i guess i'll find out the accuracy of the old gauge soon. i'm no expert on mechanical temp gauges...so what do i know. is it possible for a mechanical temp gauge to go wacky?
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new spark plug wires came yesterday. i had to assemble them on the car. i cut them one at a time to the same size as what was on the car already. then I hooked them onto the spark plugs and fed the unfinished end through all of the brackets. I had to lift the top left side of the braket to fit the last wire in. these are 8mm vs 7mm that was on the car. you can't really tell the bracket is lifted unless you get right on it. oh well, i'd rather have the 8mm wires. I like that they say Made in USA on them.
then i assembled the wire ends one at a time and connected to the dizzy. i call the result the Octopus. not the prettiest, because the wires came with 90 degrees on the dizzy end.
fired the car up and man what a difference! much smoother! i was even able to get the carb tuned better. got it down to 750rpm and leaned the richness out a bit. Still sitting pretty at 2 graduations on the flywheel. the timing light was not freaking out either. Since these wires filter out RFI i was able to angle the timing light better as they didn't wipe out the LCD display like the old wires did.
when i would rev to about 1300 rpm i was getting 7 degrees of advance. i was also getting 30 degrees of dwell.
I think getting the carb done and new exhaust will fix the rest of the issues. (exhaust experienced a hell of a backfire when i had the dizzy 180 out, which i think did something to the muffler.)
I dont know if the gauge on the dash is reading right though. pegged at 212 while it was running. i cant really see this thing getting that hot after all the work i did. i plugged the electric fan in and ran it and the temps started to come down. i have a replacement gauge coming for that triple pod i mounted, so i guess i'll find out the accuracy of the old gauge soon. i'm no expert on mechanical temp gauges...so what do i know. is it possible for a mechanical temp gauge to go wacky?
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