1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto
Well I had a great week with my Dad. We got a fair amount of work done and had alot of fun. We would have gotten more done but we had to entertain the stepmom sister and GF as well. Too much car time can piss off the ladies.
We managed to get the hood on and got the car running and did some tuning and rewiring. The hood opens and closes like dream. So quiet. The fan works great and it really keeps the car cool. We put a box fan in front of the car while tuning and the electric fan would pop on ever so often then shut off. It's a 185* switch so it must be doing it's job really well because the temp would spike to 200* after turning the car off for a couple minutes while testing the engine timing.
We got the carb baselined and the timing is almost there. The car still pulled the starter down when cranking after warm up. Currently the car likes about 18* initial and I'm getting a total of 36* at 3000rpm with the vacuum plugged. The vacuum canister was totally closed. We had to turn the adjusting screw out quite a bit before it would advance any. I still need to work on that with the dial back timing light to see where I'm at with the vacuum advance. Was only getting about 41* with the vacuum advance on. Seems a little low to me. I would think I'd get an extra 12-15*
Oh and there is a valve tick too. The engine has less than 2 miles on it. I'm hoping it's just a matter of adjusting the stamped rockers. I'm used to the adjustable rockers. Any advice on the stamped rocker adjustment? I've got so reading to do I guess.
Enough blathering here are a few pictures of the hood and tuning pics with my Dad. Oh and a short video. My Dad was super excited to hear the engine run and was really impressed.
We smoked a couple of Acid Cigars (very good cigars) and drank some Arrogant Bastard Ale (very good as well) to celebrate a good couple days work.
abra cadabra
presto Hood
Dad tuning. Check out those 70 Duster hood springs too :)
Little video
Well I had a great week with my Dad. We got a fair amount of work done and had alot of fun. We would have gotten more done but we had to entertain the stepmom sister and GF as well. Too much car time can piss off the ladies.
We managed to get the hood on and got the car running and did some tuning and rewiring. The hood opens and closes like dream. So quiet. The fan works great and it really keeps the car cool. We put a box fan in front of the car while tuning and the electric fan would pop on ever so often then shut off. It's a 185* switch so it must be doing it's job really well because the temp would spike to 200* after turning the car off for a couple minutes while testing the engine timing.
We got the carb baselined and the timing is almost there. The car still pulled the starter down when cranking after warm up. Currently the car likes about 18* initial and I'm getting a total of 36* at 3000rpm with the vacuum plugged. The vacuum canister was totally closed. We had to turn the adjusting screw out quite a bit before it would advance any. I still need to work on that with the dial back timing light to see where I'm at with the vacuum advance. Was only getting about 41* with the vacuum advance on. Seems a little low to me. I would think I'd get an extra 12-15*
Oh and there is a valve tick too. The engine has less than 2 miles on it. I'm hoping it's just a matter of adjusting the stamped rockers. I'm used to the adjustable rockers. Any advice on the stamped rocker adjustment? I've got so reading to do I guess.
Enough blathering here are a few pictures of the hood and tuning pics with my Dad. Oh and a short video. My Dad was super excited to hear the engine run and was really impressed.
We smoked a couple of Acid Cigars (very good cigars) and drank some Arrogant Bastard Ale (very good as well) to celebrate a good couple days work.
abra cadabra
presto Hood
Dad tuning. Check out those 70 Duster hood springs too :)
Little video