Hubby has spent the past few weekends working on getting my engine going. The main problem was the factory throttle linkage doesn't mount on the Clifford intake and hook up to the Holley Carb. Instead of using the Clifford supplied carb to manifold adapter he decided to make his own. Here is the initial design on the milling machine:
And here is the finished product:
The factory Eagle throttle linkage bolts to this carb plate and after various cuts and welds the throttle and downshift linkages work perfectly on the Holley/Clifford combination:
And I'm tickled pink to say we got it running today!
The smoke coming from under the hood on first start was incredible but it did eventually burn off and clear out. Ward set the timing and to my surprise the holley carb ran very well out of the box and didn't require any tuning. There's some sort of ticking noise coming from the motor that Ward has to sort out. He doesn't know if its the alternator, water pump, or valve train but will have a look at it another day. It did seem to quiet down as the motor ran so maybe it'll sort itself out. There's also still an issue with the wiring as the motor wouldn't crank from inside the car and the backup lights aren't working so that will wait for another day too.
We took a video of it running unfortunately our video camera is malfunctioning and the sound gets out of sync with the picture partway through, but this will give you an idea anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47UNE7oUpsU
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