Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
Thanks bill. Still waiting on it to get here, they had an issue shipping it out so It'll be here in the middle of next week. I'm too excited for new stuff to be patient.
Well, today I got some carburetor goodies. I was running a 14.2 afr on cruise, and only a 12-13 on boost, so I took the carb apart, cleaned it up, put it back, checked all my mods and everything is holding well and sealed, so I decided to jet up, just a little more.
The JB weld was still holding on the plug for the vacuum port at the bottom of the powervalve cavity.
You can also see that massive 3/8" boost reference I popped in the side there. I opened up the pvcrs just a tad, almost barely noticable, My Boost referenced power valve was still in tact, the diaphragm is still good.
For those that haven't seen it. Apparently my "bracket" works, because the spring is sitll holding against the valve, and under a bit of pressure on the back of the valve, it opens.
So I went from 65s to 70s on the jets, and I also bought some 73s just in case, and some new gaskets. The Pepboys nearby has all this Holley and Edelbrock stuff on the shelf now so you just go down the aisle and pick whatever you need. Very nice.
I also bought a sight glass, which is nice - I didn't think you'd be able to see anything, but sure enough, with the magnification, you can see fuel in the bowl - totally cool. This will make it easier to adjust the float if need be ever.
And along with all that I picked up a Spectre Throttle return arm. It was $5.00. This solved a massive problem I had, which was the spring return I have returns to the turbine.
As you can see it crushed the turbo blanket like that and didn't always return nicely. So this piece raised it. $5.00 solution - works good.
Sight glass in:
And I also bought a huge length of 2 1/2" silicone tubing to get rid of the multiple junctions in my cold side piping. I went from needing 11 T clamps to hold the system together to only needing 8. So that's an improvement. Less joints, less possibility of losing the tube, Bill knows what I'm talking about.
Also as you can see, I stripped the rest of the paint off the radiator and went at it with a circular wire brush to make a swirl pattern in it. It looks cool, can't tell from the pic though.
Thanks bill. Still waiting on it to get here, they had an issue shipping it out so It'll be here in the middle of next week. I'm too excited for new stuff to be patient.
Well, today I got some carburetor goodies. I was running a 14.2 afr on cruise, and only a 12-13 on boost, so I took the carb apart, cleaned it up, put it back, checked all my mods and everything is holding well and sealed, so I decided to jet up, just a little more.
The JB weld was still holding on the plug for the vacuum port at the bottom of the powervalve cavity.
You can also see that massive 3/8" boost reference I popped in the side there. I opened up the pvcrs just a tad, almost barely noticable, My Boost referenced power valve was still in tact, the diaphragm is still good.
For those that haven't seen it. Apparently my "bracket" works, because the spring is sitll holding against the valve, and under a bit of pressure on the back of the valve, it opens.
So I went from 65s to 70s on the jets, and I also bought some 73s just in case, and some new gaskets. The Pepboys nearby has all this Holley and Edelbrock stuff on the shelf now so you just go down the aisle and pick whatever you need. Very nice.
I also bought a sight glass, which is nice - I didn't think you'd be able to see anything, but sure enough, with the magnification, you can see fuel in the bowl - totally cool. This will make it easier to adjust the float if need be ever.
And along with all that I picked up a Spectre Throttle return arm. It was $5.00. This solved a massive problem I had, which was the spring return I have returns to the turbine.
As you can see it crushed the turbo blanket like that and didn't always return nicely. So this piece raised it. $5.00 solution - works good.
Sight glass in:
And I also bought a huge length of 2 1/2" silicone tubing to get rid of the multiple junctions in my cold side piping. I went from needing 11 T clamps to hold the system together to only needing 8. So that's an improvement. Less joints, less possibility of losing the tube, Bill knows what I'm talking about.
Also as you can see, I stripped the rest of the paint off the radiator and went at it with a circular wire brush to make a swirl pattern in it. It looks cool, can't tell from the pic though.