72 Dodge Dart Swinger

Today I put in the Pertronix ignition kit and the Pertronix Flame Thrower II Coil.

I did the fuel hose modification to reroute the line In front of my engine. Couldn't figure out why the seat and needle wouldn't work on the fuel intake side of the carb. . . spewing gas from my carb. . . . Ended up breaking the brass fitting and then decided to rebuild my carb and take a break. :BangHead:

I was so pissed I couldn't start the car after replacing ignition and redirecting the fuel lines and the breaking the brass seat and needle fitting.

I used a walker kit to rebuild the carb - it was ok. I did find out that my carb is missing the diaphragm spring and the float spring. I also found the seat and needle in the carb to begin with was the wrong one. Carb had been molested...... :BangHead:

I put the carb back together without the springs to see if there would be any difference in power, throttle response, efficiency....

After a couple turns the car started and spewed so much white smoke out the exhaust :rofl: kind of flooded I guess.

Result . . . . . It is out of time and the carb isn't 100% without the springs, the air/fuel screw might need adjustment, idle screws could use tuning, and I need to adjust the kick down linkage again, BUT the performance gain was night and day. Now I feel like the car is getting where it should be. I think I can pass a car on the freeway now. :rofl: Very happy with the outcome.