Priya's SX/4 project

[thereverendbill]

since this project is on it's way to driver (and looking great) ...... what are you going to start on next 

[priya]

since this project is on it's way to driver (and looking great) ...... what are you going to start on next 

Well, I've got a brown 79 Corvette that really needs to be hot pink, electric blue, silver, or some other colour.  I've got a 5 speed trans to put in it and some motor modifications planned but hubby says I've had his garage for 4 years so its his turn.  He's got an 81 Dodge van that needs rust repairs and paint and an 85 Dodge 3/4 ton truck that needs some rust repairs and paint.  I'll probably start on the Dodge 3/4 ton truck as that's his baby and he can use my Eagle for his daily driver while I'm making the repairs.

[mojobean]

you've had the garage for 4 years?!!! LUCKY!!! I'm still waiting for my turn.. (sometime in the next month, by June i should have pulled off a complete take-over)

[vangremlin]

Did you add the tach to your instrument cluster or was is stock?  I believe its unusual to find the tach with the square speedometer.

Also, what's that box on the transmission tunnel in front of your shifter?  Thanks

[Prafeston]

You guys are lucky you have room to work on things your garages! My mom's had our garage taken over since I moved back in...there was barely enough room for my motorcycle! It's a little better now, but not much.

This was 4 years ago when I moved back in.

[Prafeston]

I believe the box in front of the shifter is a space heater. Was discussed a little bit in this thread.

[vangremlin]

I believe the box in front of the shifter is a space heater. Was discussed a little bit in this thread.

Thanks.  If figured the answers to my questions might be in the thread somewhere...

[priya]

you've had the garage for 4 years?!!! LUCKY!!! I'm still waiting for my turn.. (sometime in the next month, by June i should have pulled off a complete take-over)

Yes, I'm ashamed it took so long but I suppose at least I got it done.  I guess its like the old story about the tortoise and the hare, I may not have a whole lot of drive compared to some people, but I did manage to keep at it and eventually finish the race.

[priya]

Did you add the tach to your instrument cluster or was is stock?  I believe its unusual to find the tach with the square speedometer.

Also, what's that box on the transmission tunnel in front of your shifter?  Thanks

I added the tach to my instrument cluster, it just had the tach/clock delete plate prior to that.  As Prafeston said the box in front of the shifter is an interior car warmer.

[priya]

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

[Prafeston]

That's good news Priya!

[priya]

Thanks Prafeston.

Casper, yes they are all new lifters, valve springs, keepers and retainers.

[68AMXGOPAC]

Just a thought, did you ( can't think of the correct word ) - prime the lifters ? Not sure if it matters, but I have allways put them in a coffee can of oil, and worked them up and down to get them full of oil before install - does sound like lifters to me too. More like a tick than a knock.
Nice job on that adaptor plate Ward.

[shaggimo]

Great to hear you got it running! Awesome work on the carb plate, turned out very nice! 

[doc65]

Gopac,

Prime is a perfect description of what you describe, I've done that in the past, but I always spin the oil pump with a power drill & a home made pre-oiler in place of the distributor.  It's easy in the L6 as the dissy housing doesn't go thru an oil gallery.  That fills all the galleries, as well as pumping up the lifters etc