monte70car Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 Ran new spark plug wires and bottom up some more wiring. Went with a DUI dist and their live wire plug wires which run under the headers. 2 Quote
Leghome Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 I would be afraid that the plugs wires would have a melt down running the headers Quote
monte70car Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 Larry the plug wires are rated for 1400° and designed to work for under the headers. Tony & Rick thanks see how long they last the 72 is all about clean the clean look. Hood to air cleaner will be the next task. Quote
Leghome Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 Rob what brand of wire did you use? I just had my 350 rebuilt and was going to replace my wires and I like the look of where you ran yours. Quote
monte70car Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 Larry they are from http://performancedistributors.com/ and it's their live wire. They are 8mm wires that has heat loom on them. I went with the silver loom as the motor is orange and silver theme. They also have a over the valve cover wire as well. Quote
Paul Bell Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 My transmission has a JW Bell Housing which attaches to the front pump bolts. These bolts leaked quite a bit so I yanked the unit on this incredibly warm Christmas morning. It was probably my last chance to do this until it gets warm again in March. This removal took one hour, on the floor, alone. Same job on my '99 T/A would be a day and half a night. Next stop Select Performance Transmissions! Quote
Jared Richey Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 70+ here in sc today so got a lot of wet block sanding done on my grandpa's monte. Quote
Jared Richey Posted December 26, 2015 Posted December 26, 2015 This paint job is gonna be sweet. Quote
footballubet Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Finally put it away for the winter even though it was nice enough for one more ride. Quote
Michael Boyte Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Nice Scott, plenty of room. nothing near the car. Just the way I like it Quote
MCfan Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Yesterday I installed the AED 750HPHO carburetor my wife gave me for Christmas on my ’70 402. Right out of the box, it started the engine as soon as it had sufficient fuel and idled smoothly (although a bit low) after a minute or two of warm up. The first test drive showed was a bit lean on the low end but very strong from 2000 up. Today, I met up with my racer friend from Sweden, Jimmy Alund, at the Muscle Car City Swap Meet so he could make some adjustments to the metering screws, set the idle to 900 and reset the timing to 16* static (with no vacuum advance). We took it for a test drive and verified his expectations that the AED carb would solve my low speed issues while improving top end performance without replacing the Edlebrock Torker II single plane intake manifold. The engine idles and runs smoothly at low speeds in all four gears, responses instantly from any speed and is still pulling hard at my rpm limits. Best of all, there was not a single ping heard when Jimmy accelerated from any speed in any gear! To get an apples-to-apples comparison to my 650 Edlebrock AVS Thunder carb, I did not change anything but the carb – same fuel, same plugs, same timing, same air cleaner. And, although the idle is about 100 rpm higher now, there has not been a hint of dieseling/run-on at shut down. Another thing that has changed is the potential for lower gas mileage but that’s really a matter of self control. Hopefully, occasional heavy-foot events will be somewhat offset by the smooth idling and low speed driving that predominates my normal driving around town. All-in-all, I couldn’t be more pleased with the results of this simple, bolt-on performance enhancer. Now I just need to get an air cleaner lid that doesn’t have Edlebrock embossed on it. 2 Quote
monte0 Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Some more progress, all door panels on except the passenger front. Front markers and trim on and carpet/rear seat removed. Quote
Paul Bell Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 No doubt after 14 years without turning the engine, my valve springs are done. This Moroso tool made things easy-although a bit difficult to attach at the rear locations. AND as my machinist is an anal SOB (thank heavens!) I need to measure the static height of every valve stem so he can get the spring pressures and shims "dead on balls accurate". This engine has a mechanical roller cam with .680 lift, the springs need to be accurate. What a pain doing all this in the car! 2 Quote
MCfan Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 I'll probably never get to use specialized tools like that, Paul, but I find them fascinating. Precision almost always costs more and takes longer but it usually pays off in performance and/or reliability. There's also a great feeling of satisfaction when something is done as well as possible. Thanks for sharing. Quote
Paul Bell Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I'm lucky that my machinist is good enough to loan me these two tools. I've been using and recommending him for many years and I occasionally do some electrical work for him. We're working together to get his dyno fixed up, it took a big hit during hurricane Sandy. Quote
71MonteCarloMD Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Yesterday Went to Jared (not the jewelry store, grin) and bought spare tire, couple of chrome pieces and real nice 71 grille. It was good seeing Jared again even though it was raining. Quote
rsorg Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I hid my christmas presents inside the monte ,it has a car cover over the car, great place to hide gifts. 1 Quote
7tonemonte Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 My trunk gets packed with presents also, like you said, had a cover on it and no one is messing with that in my garage 1 Quote
monte70car Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 Finishing some plumbing work on the fuel system. The drive shaft has been trim down again. And a look at what the motor will look like once everything it done. 1 Quote
Paul Bell Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 As if the #8 intake spring wasn't fun enough, the exhaust required a extra special super duper custom special tool. I have a bunch of "custom" tools that have but one purpose. Quote
MCfan Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 Looks like aluminum channel, or is it steel? Quote
Sam (Bones) Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 I took a set of 781 oval port heads to my favorite machine shop for a complete make over magaflux, bigger valves, milling, a little pocket porting Quote
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