Fat Blue Fish Build
Not enough throw......I moved the cable on the carb to a higher hole and readjusted it.....Now I have about 3/4 throttle. I have to remove the pedal and re bend that to get the rest.
Went down the driveway hill to take another test run and as lucky as I am there was a problem.
Inside of front tire rubbed/bent the front of the lower part of the front fender causing it to crease a small area, chip paint and tire mark burned through. This happened when I turned the steering wheel causing the suspension on the driver side to unload raising the fender up and it hit at the bottom leading edge.
F ME.
So back to the shop for paint work. I guess 18's were never meant to go on these cars with adjustable suspensions.....even though I didnt have a huge problem before...So three choices.
1. Radius wheel opening on lower front to allow for clearance....means more cutting, welding and body/paint work on both fenders.
2. Get 17" x 7" wheels 5" backspace and new tires all the way around if I can't find the discontinued BFG's to match the back. Still need body and paint work though.
3. Cry in my beer and give up..drive the dirty Rat Rod around instead and just tell people I had a nice cuda. Park it so you only see passenger side.
What a drag.....
Oh the vibration.....it seemed to get better but then how would I really know as I only went 22 miles and I was concentrating on every other strange noise...could have been the brakes dragging as they are new and tight.....could be an out of balance drive shaft, I wasnt going fast so I won't point a finger at the wheel balance yet...who knows.
I guess that's why they call it a shakedown cruise.
Boo Hoo
Mop
Not enough throw......I moved the cable on the carb to a higher hole and readjusted it.....Now I have about 3/4 throttle. I have to remove the pedal and re bend that to get the rest.
Went down the driveway hill to take another test run and as lucky as I am there was a problem.
Inside of front tire rubbed/bent the front of the lower part of the front fender causing it to crease a small area, chip paint and tire mark burned through. This happened when I turned the steering wheel causing the suspension on the driver side to unload raising the fender up and it hit at the bottom leading edge.
F ME.
So back to the shop for paint work. I guess 18's were never meant to go on these cars with adjustable suspensions.....even though I didnt have a huge problem before...So three choices.
1. Radius wheel opening on lower front to allow for clearance....means more cutting, welding and body/paint work on both fenders.
2. Get 17" x 7" wheels 5" backspace and new tires all the way around if I can't find the discontinued BFG's to match the back. Still need body and paint work though.
3. Cry in my beer and give up..drive the dirty Rat Rod around instead and just tell people I had a nice cuda. Park it so you only see passenger side.
What a drag.....
Oh the vibration.....it seemed to get better but then how would I really know as I only went 22 miles and I was concentrating on every other strange noise...could have been the brakes dragging as they are new and tight.....could be an out of balance drive shaft, I wasnt going fast so I won't point a finger at the wheel balance yet...who knows.
I guess that's why they call it a shakedown cruise.
Boo Hoo
Mop
