71 Duster 360 (new project)

Got the car out of the trailer and back into the garage. Now I see we are done for the year locally bracket racing program....Plus still waiting on camshaft for the TF 408 engine for Dart.

1st thing.....fuel pump,,,removed line going into the isolator...pointed across garage...hit pump switch shot gas across room....nothing wrong with pump...hit the both sides of isolator with some brake cleaner...checked the other side of the isolator and refilled with anti freeze....hit isolator with 9/16 combo wrench....now it works....shows 7.5 psi......and shows zero went turned off...

next...removed all plug wires and cap....cap looks a little worn inside....mechanical advance seems to be working ok...I will remove distributor later for a closer look.

removed plugs...all look good....was looking for bone white ....they look good....

removed valve covers....bumped thru the valves...checking intake and exhaust....all looks good...nothing loose like it lost a lobe....

compression test.....all 8 cylinders hit dead on 150 psi....did not open carb up....plus our air sucks...wanted to see if they are all the same...

so the engine appears to ok....which is great....only thing i will double check is the distributor.....

and I finally looked at her last time slip....ran the 10.71....speed was a little higher then i thought at 123.98

so i think if we can get this thing to 60 ft....everything will be ok...lol