Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
When we cranked the motor over it sounded as though our timing was way off. I flipped the distributor shaft 180' and things began looking up. Although the engine seemed to want to start, it just wouldn't. I know this is not a carburetor but I opened the throttle body about 20% while cranking and it took off.
The motor sounded healthy but we had a header leak on the left side. Despite the need to have everything tight, it's hard to keep yourself overly cautious when threading into aluminum.
The predicted rain has been here off & on. It's kept us from working uninterrupted.
The Optima battery must not be up to snuff anymore. Despite the fact I'd fully charged it before we started - the car had a hard time cranking after a half dozen restarts. I pulled the battery from the truck but we got error codes when we tried it. The com port was losing signal. The terminals were clean but apparently one of the side terminals has an issue. FAST insists on a direct power connection to the battery with nothing else terminating on those locations so we're using the side posts to supply it's power and the top posts for the rest of the electrical system. Right now we're charging the Optima battery again. While it is we're continuing to research the tuning capability with the laptop. Most of what we've read about FAST has been praise but I'm still critical of their documentation. Maybe it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out but it's not written for someone unfamiliar with adjusting computer controlled tuning parameters.