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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 07:18 PM
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No pics yet. I want to clean up some more of the engine bay before I do. I want to remove the AC condenser and redo the serpentine belt arrangement. I saw how to remove the AC pump by swapping the tensioner pulley to the other side over the PS pump. I just need to find out what belt # to use.

I took the car out for the test drive today.
Woah,.. lemme tell ya.

I test drove it when I first got it and it had all the EFI still on it. Big difference now with the carb on it. It absolutely does not like much of a load on it below 2000 RPM with this cam. Laid into it up the street a little ways from the house. Spun a little bit at first,.. but once it hooked I was like hot damn,.. where did that come from Went through 1st 2nd and into 3rd. I need a rev limiter badly. It pulls to 7000 RPM too quickly now. Much better then when the EFI was on there. Really put me and Lady Hurst back in the seat.

All was fine on the test drive. Then when I got back home I turned the key off and the motor stayed running. Wouldnt shut off. I had to lift the hood and pull the hot lead off the distributor to shut the car off. Seems I cooked the ignition switch some how. Will look at it tomorrow with some better light. Car is running like a raped ape,.. so I am pretty happy about that.

I'll be out lurking on the weekends soon enough. Couple more weeks and I should have most of the bugs all worked out.

Hurst
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