Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project

Invisible wall issue returned... so...

...dug into fuel a lot today. I've been doing a lot of test runs on the freeway. It seemed like if you hit 70mph, the car "ran out of gas" and in the last instance it actually died while doing 70. Luckily not far from an offramp and I was able to pull neutral and restart it instantly like nothing had happened.

I looked behind the fuel reg at the rubber line that came from the metal pump line to the reg and it had started doing a harsh 90* turn in a small space. I started the car, got out, headed over to the kinked up fuel line, pushed it so it bent more, and the car starved for fuel. ahhhhhhhhhh..... maybe this can be a problem. I removed all the rubber lines going to/from the reg and replaced them with braided metal lines, and moved the regulator forward in the engine bay to eliminate the harsh turn. I added a inline filter in the carb feed line just because I felt it could be a good addition if the rear filter ever fails for some reason, or just doesn't filter that well.

Anyway, I started it and that puppy was running so rich it was unbelievable. you could just smell it. Obviously i had adjusted the reg on top of the blockage which had just meant it was way out of control. I saw a lot of smoke blowing out the tail pipe too (white/grey/blue couldn't tell it's kind of dark). I adjusted the pressure down and the engine calmed down again and you could no longer smell gas, and it was running fine. I have yet to run it again after adjusting it in park, but it may or may not help the situation. The engine now also runs a lot smoother.

The thing I'm concerned with now is when I was driving on an offramp earlier, there was a stoplight, and the car behind me stopped a good 40 feet behind me at a red light... that's weird, normally people do that if your car looks off... I figured something is either leaking or it's blowing fire out the pipe or something. I revved it a lot in the driveway and at higher RPM's smoke comes out of the tail pipe. Still not sure which color to indicate what fluid, but there was also drops of stuff that shot out on the ground. I did the taste test and it tastes like nothing. Maybe dirty water, but not coolant - which is odd. This car had just run the freeway about 5 miles and 5 miles back, got up to temp, and drove back home in town, and it is acting like there is moisture in the pipe still.

The other thing is I can smell burning coolant, like I have a small leak somewhere, but can't find it. I know what it smells like, and those who also do know what I'm talking about. Oil has that specific smell when it burns off on something, and so does gas. This is definitly coolant - There's no evidence of it leaking, and the rad is still at a really good level and has not lowered any. - I'm stumped on that one, but I know what I'm smelling for sure.

More fun... right Jr and Bill? lol...