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Awesome Kelly.

Mike, your Monte looks stunning!!

Looks great Cory, now enjoy the Eastern Meet!!!

Great job with the grills!! Funny thing is that I went to help Pat with his Monte on the weekend and my job was to mask off and paint his 72 grill. Must have been grill painting weekend.

Everything is looking great Cory!!! If you send Legendary your steel rails, they will install them into the door panels for you. They do a great job!! Great idea with the rear window switches.

Now thats progress!! Great work Cory.

Thanks again Mark and Sam. Well we went back out today and tried some of your suggestions. First thing we did is what Mark suggested and ran the motor up to 2500 rpm and tried timing it that way. When it idled down we were at 900 rpm and 12 inches of vacuum, timing at 15 degrees. turned the idle down from there and played with the idle adjustment screws. We are now at 16 degrees timing, 12 inches of vacuum and 800 rpm at idle. Once in gear the idle remains close to 800 which I think is a step in the right direction. Took the car for a ride and it seems to run smoother. It is now running about 10 degrees cooler, and waaaaaayyyy better on fuel, not that fuel mileage is the goal here. Just seemed super excessive last trip out. Does not ping or have run on after it is shut off, but still does not have the power that I think it should have, seems something is still missing, just not sure what it is.

First of all thanks again for all the replies, it helped immensely and we seem to have figured out the problem, well problems, LOL. The first thing that I did was remove all the vacuum lines on the carb and plugged the outlets off on the carb. Then checked the idle mixture screws and found they where out only one turn so I backed them off to 4 turns. Started the car and found a noticeable improvement right away. Got the idle down to 900rpm and a smother running engine. Only had 6 pds of vacuum though and could get the idle no lower. So on went a rebuilt qjet with same base gasket, and it ran a little better but not much. So replaced the base gasket with a new thicker one. Big difference and got the idle down to 600 with 10 pounds of vacuum and a nice idle, with timing at 16. So off with that carb and put the original qjet back on with the thick base gasket. We had rebuilt the original during the rebuild. Played around with dist timing and idle mixture screws. In the end we have the car idling at 700 rpm (seems to like that) 10 pounds of vacuum and running the timing at 9 degrees. Hooked all the secondary vacuum lines back up and noticed that the idle and timing floating around and not staying constant. Found a leak in one of the lines and repaired. Starts right up and shut off nicely. Took the car for a 30 mile trip and it seems to run nice, kicks down good (no pinging). Took it easy, as it is a new rebuild. One thing that I did notice is that it burned over ¼ tank of gas though. Is this normal because it is a new break in???????? Or do I need to replace the jets? The engine has a very mild cam, not lumpy but 10.0/1 compression. From what I can tell so far it will have very nice street manners, which was our goal. It has been raining ever since we did the work but plan on putting a few more miles on it soon to get her “broke in”

Looks great Cory, Legal or not, that smoked glass will look awesome with your colour combo.

Wow is right!!! Great turnout Got rooms booked but not registered for show, better get on that soon

I think you guys are being a little tough on this genius.

I have heard from others who have attended this show that it was very good. Well organized and lots to do. Mopar folks but I wont hold that against them

Great Job Dave.

Jay, I have two. For my 1970 SS the air tank measures 8 1/8 inches, as you have measured yours. The date code is 290-9 For my 1971 SS the air tank measures 8 1/8 inches, again as you have measured yours. The date code is 079-0 Great info as I was not aware of the date code on the head. Posted this on your other thread as well

Jay, I have two. For my 1970 SS the air tank measures 8 1/8 inches, as you have measured yours. The date code is 290-9 For my 1971 SS the air tank measures 8 1/8 inches, again as you have measured yours. The date code is 079-0 Great info as I was not aware of the date code on the head.

Sorry to hear about your problems Royce, I hope they can get your paint figured out.

Your car is coming along nicely Cory. Great choice of colour, even I can't wait to see the finished pictures. '

I purchased one a few months back and paid $125 but had to strip and paint. Is there any difference between the 1970 and 1971? Other than the decals?

Nice collection Cort.

Everyone is moving right along with their projects, NICE!!

I honestly dont know Sam. I was just trying different settings trying to get it to idle down enough. I will be sure to check the idle jet settings.

Oh I will Sam!! I did not even think of a vacuum leak.

Thank you for all the help, I really appreciate it. I am on the road working but should be able to tackle the car next weekend, will let you know what we find.