Recent content by nigel

Cheers dude. It's not a bad car and is very fun to drive. Can't wait to get the exterior in tip top shape with a new mod top and then it's onto the interior

The granny leg/one wheel peel keeps me between the ditches. It's only an 8 1/4 under it at the moment. Have an 8 3/4 to go under it over the winter

Here's a short clip of me leaving a recent cars and coffee event. It's also running open headers

So I've been working away on my pride and joy for the last few years with some major help from this forum. The 69 satellite mod top converted from a little 318 to the almighty 440 has hit the road and all I can say is wow. A few minor issues with stumble off idle but I should hopefully have that...

Yet another update and I think this time I've nailed it. So I updated to the MSD 6al and put electric fans on the car when I installed the 440. I also got the tuff stuff 130amp external regulated alternator and have also installed the tuff stuff voltage reg. I finally got brave enough to take...

So apologies for the late update but I've worked the last 20 days straight and haven't had time for playing with the 440. Took the car for a rip today. It was a rough start with the E10 fuel sitting for the last few weeks but once she was warmed up and a drop of fresh fuel she was good to go...

I checked for vacuum leaks by spraying the motor with brake cleaner while running. Didnt find anything. I'm only getting around 7 pounds with my idle at 645rpm. I didnt get out to the car yesterday as I got called into work and was working a long shift today. Have to do the work to pay for...

Well got the plugs and new voltage regulator installed today. To be honest it was like a new car. Tuned the carb a bit and there's no more raw fuel smell in my workshop. Handy little trick for installing the plugs I used some 3/8 fuel line over the plug to thread them in. Made it fairly simple...

I'm running summit brand headers and I doctored them for clearance before I installed them in the car. I'm also running heat sleeves on my plug wire ends. Had a look at them the other day and they looked perfect thankfully but I'll check them when I'm at the car today

Well I still am on my testing period so as the lucas motto goes get home before it gets dark is something I've been living by. There's a few things I want to do with the car before driving at night and that is getting it running right and be comfortable knowing its trouble free. Friday can't...

During my build when I was three weeks away from starting to motor I filled the tank. Two weeks after I filled the tank it dumped fuel on the floor. I checked the tank internals with a camera before I installed it on the car and dye penetrated the tank. Nothing showed up so I used the old tank...

So ordered NGK 6630 today which has a 4 heat range and is the equivalent of autolite 23 but just slightly hotter. I tried to find a 5 heat range but was in a hurry this morning. If the 4 makes it run better I'll try order up a 5 range plug and see how that goes. Grabbed a new solid state voltage...

I'll see it I can find a peanut plug in NGK. I'm more of an NGK fan to be honest. The leads were a pre made kit I got from summit. I hope to hell they are not bad. I ran the car with my workshop door closed and lights off. I couldn't see any arcing between leads or between a lead and ground. As...

I was thinking that but it was really bad at low throttle. Part of me was thinking it was a major issue. I had to service my daily driver so I won't get a chance to play with it till next weekend

#2 came out with my fingers. It was shaking on the threads. After I did the cam break in I checked everything and some of the plugs had worked loose so they all got tightened home. As for richness I knew it was rich ever so slightly. Going to hook up my vacuum gauge and tune it. Thankfully new...