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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:17 pm 
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That is certainly an interesting solution for your fuel neck. :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:28 pm 
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That is certainly an interesting solution for your fuel neck. :mrgreen:



Yep. I will torture test it soon. Maybe track day at Pocono backwards.. :D

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am 
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Very cool work, Greg. I like the fuel filler solution, but it appears you have lost your tank vent. How will the pressure equalize? Might need to plumb a vent line addition on the tank side of that ball valve?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:14 pm 
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Thanks Lou,

Yes good eye.
That's in the future plans .. for now i will just leave the valve cracked open a skosh for venting.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 7:20 am 
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Sounds good. Just making sure you are not driving around with a deformed gas tank!

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 9:26 am 
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Sounds good. Just making sure you are not driving around with a deformed gas tank!

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:D :D Never.. not me.

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 Post subject: 8/21/22
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8/21/22:

I got the vent sorted out. Added a Vent nipple on the Filler neck below the valve, and Teed it into the existing Vent tubing.

I have yet to close the valve and drive a bunch, or throw it into severe RH turns, to test the idea of the valve preventing gasoline draining out of the cap and onto the quarter panel. Maybe next week.

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 Post subject: 9/5/22
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9/5/22:

Happy Labor Day!

I was busy Futzing with Stuff today. - No events to go to around here, as there is a stalled weather front dropping steady rain on us for the last day or so.

I adjusted the valves a few thou tighter a few weeks ago and in doing so the torque curve / power band moved up - It made the engine have a really smooth idle, but it was like having a Drag race engine as the seat of the pants power feel was moved up above 4000 RPM.

I Redid the valve Adjustment and went back looser - This Time Settled in at 0.024" for the intake and 0.028" for the exhaust. I like a the torque band a bit lower to get the car moving, not slipping the clutch as much, and it's useful when street driving with a trailer or something of the like.

I also Finally got to use the 4 corner scales that I bought back in April... I hauled them to CMP but never got around to weighing anything, as I was busy with lots of various stuff here and there. I had the flat / open / level space available in the garage were I like to do alignments and scaling open so I set it up.
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I had added or swapped a bunch of stuff since I last scaled the car, in July 2021 - on possibly a not level surface too :? .
Total Weight Last Year in Race ready Configuration without Driver or Driver Gear was 3028# - that was also with the Enkei's mounted which are about 8# lighter per corner than the Mustang Wheels Enkei's 16.X# vs Mustang wheels 24.X#
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- Swapped the OE Hood for a 10# Fiberglass one
- Swapped the OE Seats for the Sparco's
- Added Proper Racing Harnesses on the Front Seats
- Added a Harness Bar an d Fire Extinguisher
- Added a Trailer Hitch
- Swapped the Mechanical Fan for an electric one.
- Added the Fuel Filler Valve.
- Added the S10 Lower Airdam

I weighed it today with all of that added or swapped stuff as well as the Mustang Wheels ~+32#
2964# Total with 1/4 Tank of gas and the Heavier Mustang Wheels.
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53.5% Front 46.5% Rear
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Left 49.5% Right 50.5%
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Hope to get some driving and autox in soon.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 6:13 am 
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Nice progress. Good weight balance on that car.

See you on the weekend!

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 Post subject: 10/12/22
PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 8:14 am 
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Boom

I was getting ready to take the car out a show and drive in a few weeks, as I have not driven it in maybe a month.. Checked all the fluids... All good. - Adjusted the curb idle on the Carb, reset the toe, and got the steering wheel back close to straight / center with the new steering box that was installed earlier this summer.

There is a road 4-5 miles from the garage that has ~300 foot elevation gain with twisties that I like to just wring out the car on.

I get to the top of of the hill and through some twisties and boom, no power - sounds like a piston is banging into the head and there was 10PSI oil pressure.. all without warning...

I shut the car off and drifted it to a clearing alongside the road... well crap, I left my phone at the garage for this joy ride. Fortunately, as I put my Hitchhiking thumb out, the first guy driving past stopped to help. I told him to just ride me to the bottom of the hill on the outside of town, but he took me to the garage.. He was working on a '65 Ford comet. Nice of him to give me a lift.

I got the car winched up on the trailer in an hour or so and rolled it off at the garage.
This toy is broke for now, so time to pull the engine and see what happened - will do an autopsy report later.
AutoX and Fall Driving will hafta wait until the spring.
Hope to have some fuel injection installed with the next generation of the engine.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 9:53 am 
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Well that sucks.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:05 am 
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Bummer! Can always be fixed...

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:50 am 
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Yes, It sure can be fixed. Will save up my pennies and dimes for Machine work, new cam grind and other parts as needed.
Will have to see if any valves got bent, and get some replacements if needed.

I have lots of rods and pistons to choose from - will probably build with new pistons and pins whilst adding the EFI. I have a bunch of good core cranks, oil pumps, and Blocks, and cams to choose from.

Also have tossed around the Idea of Building a short stroke high winding 170 but the headers would be an issue, Could Bite the bullet and contemplate building a Set of 170 Headers too.

or build a boooooooosted 170.

Hmm..... 8) 8) 8)

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:52 am 
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This has turned into the most fun car to drive that I own.. Makes pretty much everything else fairly mundane and crappy in comparison... That's what I will miss about it for now.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:13 pm 
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Once you have an A-body that does all the key driving pieces well (stops, turns, accelerates), it is hard to go back to anything else that sucks in 1-2 of those areas. Man, I gotta get my 64 Dart back together...

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