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Even tho its a Ford, its got sleeper written all over it. I’d stuff the biggest engine I could get my hands onto whether it be crate, LS, or something used like a 351 or caddy 500. Add an EFI system (or make one like the megasquirt) and voila, now you can take your sleeper anywhere.
Even tho its a Ford, its got sleeper written all over it. I’d stuff the biggest engine I could get my hands onto whether it be crate, LS, or something used like a 351 or caddy 500. Add an EFI system (or make one like the megasquirt) and voila, now you can take your sleeper anywhere.
I actually trouble-shot the carb down to the high idle cam not kicking down. I can mash on the gas pedal all I want and it won’t idle down. The electric choke works perfectly well. It stays closed and opens slowly when its warm. It doesn’t matter how far out the high idle screw is cause it won’t come off of that cam. I haven’t seen that problem anywhere else online, its all been coil this and that. Not being a mechanic i’m just done with it.
I actually trouble-shot the carb down to the high idle cam not kicking down. I can mash on the gas pedal all I want and it won’t idle down. The electric choke works perfectly well. It stays closed and opens slowly when its warm. It doesn’t matter how far out the high idle screw is cause it won’t come off of that cam. I haven’t seen that problem anywhere else online, its all been coil this and that. Not being a mechanic i’m just done with it.
Thats exactly what I intend to do :). There is no pick a part here 🙁 but I just bought a Tbi off of Ebay and a small fuel pump that im going to use inline with the mechanical one. Good thing I bought a new 1-wire alternator that goes directly to the battery. The old alternator connector can be a professional looking connection (not a soldered joint) that can go to the megasquirt ECU or fuel pump now 🙂 I’m glad I didn’t spend the effort on rebuilding the carb with no help-thats a skill I just don’t have. This megasquirt install is my kind of thing 🙂
Thats exactly what I intend to do :). There is no pick a part here 🙁 but I just bought a Tbi off of Ebay and a small fuel pump that im going to use inline with the mechanical one. Good thing I bought a new 1-wire alternator that goes directly to the battery. The old alternator connector can be a professional looking connection (not a soldered joint) that can go to the megasquirt ECU or fuel pump now 🙂 I’m glad I didn’t spend the effort on rebuilding the carb with no help-thats a skill I just don’t have. This megasquirt install is my kind of thing 🙂
O scopes! This brings back memories. I used to check signal the exact same way on satellite systems in the army. In a digital signal, the highs are 1’s (on) and the lows are 0’s (off) in binary that the computer interprets. My inner nerd had to get that out 🙂 As an avid DIYer, it would still be a bit of overkill to have one in the house, unless I can get one for <$100. Great vid!
O scopes! This brings back memories. I used to check signal the exact same way on satellite systems in the army. In a digital signal, the highs are 1’s (on) and the lows are 0’s (off) in binary that the computer interprets. My inner nerd had to get that out 🙂 As an avid DIYer, it would still be a bit of overkill to have one in the house, unless I can get one for <$100. Great vid!
Well basically slotcar, I have 3 major problems with my current carb. 1. The vacuum lines aren’t routed correctly. It used to be a California smog equipped car, and a lot of the stuff was either rotted through, or rotted off. 2. The air horn doesn’t work. 3. The secondaries aren’t opening up. They’re not stuck shut, they work mechanically fine. I think it has something to do with the linkage on the drivers side after watching a couple of videos on it.
With that said, a rebuild is in place. This is a daily driver and shops in the area don’t know how to work on carbs. Looking at the smog mess really drives them away cause they think i’m trying to do something illegal. After working for 10 hours a day, I have about 1 or 2 hours to myself. So if I wanted to take it apart, it’d have to be over the weekend for sure…but I also can’t screw it up, I have to get to work. With a TBI setup (and no, im not going for the GM unit they had in 1977 on the Oldsmobile equipped Cadillac Sevilles-the first post in this thread has the link for the DIY mega squirt :stick:) I can do away with all the carb issues. I can have better gas mileage and easier starts in this harsher state. A few extra ponies wouldn’t hurt either.
The point of going DIY TBI would be to save money. I just dropped close to $3000 in the engine, instead of buying another car. There is nothing left over, but thank goodness I have a job in the area. There seems to be a bigger support base for the TBI, and its more of my kind of thing. If the rebuild kit for my carb was the wrong one, I wouldn’t even know. The only help I would get would be from an inanimate object-the carb repair book :unsure:Well basically slotcar, I have 3 major problems with my current carb. 1. The vacuum lines aren’t routed correctly. It used to be a California smog equipped car, and a lot of the stuff was either rotted through, or rotted off. 2. The air horn doesn’t work. 3. The secondaries aren’t opening up. They’re not stuck shut, they work mechanically fine. I think it has something to do with the linkage on the drivers side after watching a couple of videos on it.
With that said, a rebuild is in place. This is a daily driver and shops in the area don’t know how to work on carbs. Looking at the smog mess really drives them away cause they think i’m trying to do something illegal. After working for 10 hours a day, I have about 1 or 2 hours to myself. So if I wanted to take it apart, it’d have to be over the weekend for sure…but I also can’t screw it up, I have to get to work. With a TBI setup (and no, im not going for the GM unit they had in 1977 on the Oldsmobile equipped Cadillac Sevilles-the first post in this thread has the link for the DIY mega squirt :stick:) I can do away with all the carb issues. I can have better gas mileage and easier starts in this harsher state. A few extra ponies wouldn’t hurt either.
The point of going DIY TBI would be to save money. I just dropped close to $3000 in the engine, instead of buying another car. There is nothing left over, but thank goodness I have a job in the area. There seems to be a bigger support base for the TBI, and its more of my kind of thing. If the rebuild kit for my carb was the wrong one, I wouldn’t even know. The only help I would get would be from an inanimate object-the carb repair book :unsure:I recently started watching a few quadrajet rebuild videos, and my idle is doing a lot better. I know I will have to rebuild it-there are about three major problems I noticed. I guess its more of the conversion between a smog car to a non smog car (what to keep/what to plug). There is really not a set of steps to follow for that kind of conversion I found for my setup yet.
That and there are just so many reasons to convert it to TBI before winter I would feel like im wasting time and money rebuilding the carb if im going to replace it anyway. Thats the only reason why I haven’t put much effort into it yet.I recently started watching a few quadrajet rebuild videos, and my idle is doing a lot better. I know I will have to rebuild it-there are about three major problems I noticed. I guess its more of the conversion between a smog car to a non smog car (what to keep/what to plug). There is really not a set of steps to follow for that kind of conversion I found for my setup yet.
That and there are just so many reasons to convert it to TBI before winter I would feel like im wasting time and money rebuilding the carb if im going to replace it anyway. Thats the only reason why I haven’t put much effort into it yet.Well i’ve completed my rebuild and I was able to successfully drive from CA to WA. Since in WA it doesn’t need to be smogged, my mechanic and I decided not to hook up the smog equipment and plug as much as we could. So you can imagine the frustration converting a California smog equipped setup with all the hoses and smog pieces that literally fell off or were rotted through. This car made the trip but I know im missing a lot of power and maybe even plugged/hooked up vacuum tubing incorrectly (my distributor vacuum advance wasn’t hooked up till mid-trip when I noticed a racing idle). I’d almost rather be done with it and build my own TBI setup since I have not found a place here in WA that can tune or rebuild a carb or help me complete the carb’d setup. With the weather here I think the TBI setup will be superior. And no offense, you must not have read the DIY EFI article that I posted from car craft-not much need for a donor car. I already got a chevy truck throttle body for $50, and I will get the other parts slowly. Just need this carb running right for the time being :/
Well i’ve completed my rebuild and I was able to successfully drive from CA to WA. Since in WA it doesn’t need to be smogged, my mechanic and I decided not to hook up the smog equipment and plug as much as we could. So you can imagine the frustration converting a California smog equipped setup with all the hoses and smog pieces that literally fell off or were rotted through. This car made the trip but I know im missing a lot of power and maybe even plugged/hooked up vacuum tubing incorrectly (my distributor vacuum advance wasn’t hooked up till mid-trip when I noticed a racing idle). I’d almost rather be done with it and build my own TBI setup since I have not found a place here in WA that can tune or rebuild a carb or help me complete the carb’d setup. With the weather here I think the TBI setup will be superior. And no offense, you must not have read the DIY EFI article that I posted from car craft-not much need for a donor car. I already got a chevy truck throttle body for $50, and I will get the other parts slowly. Just need this carb running right for the time being :/