1974 Duster

After fighting with a few items this morning like a bent inspection plate and the line on the pressure gauge pissing a quart Type F all over the place the car is back on the road!

Line pressure at the test port is 80 psi at idle, 120 psi with the lever in the WOT position. Not the 130 psi I was aiming for but better. I think after road testing the car a few days to break in the clutches and steels I'll drop the pan and give the set screw a full turn.

Road test-

1-2 shift at WOT will bark the tires, 2-3 is "crisp," 4th gear was about the same and lockup was notably better and distinct. Before you had to sort of pay attention to know lockup was coming in but now its almost like a 5th gear. You can hear the engine change tone as the rpm drops a bit and feel the clutch engage.

I increased the bleed hole in the lockup cover from .075 to .100, Trans-go states you can go out to .125 but on some things I like going in baby steps. I'm not under WOT at lockup so there is no reason to have it hit harder.

Stay tuned...