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Turns out NAPA had the regulator in stock. Plugged it in and at first seemed to be fixed then the voltage at the battery jumped to almost 18. I went to move my work light and saw sparks behind the alternator. Turns out the green field wire was shorting out. Took this piece out and...

makes sense. I cleaned up the ground anyway and started it up. At first it seemed to be okay, showing 13.4 at the battery but then the engine pulled down like it was under a load and voltage spiked up up to 16.8 again. I ordered a new regulator from NAPA for pickup tomorrow. More to follow…

Yeah, wife had to take her though

Sorry, 1971 Charger SE with 383. Original wiring.

Driving my daughter to practice and very suddenly my ammeter spiked all the way past the “C” and we got a slight burning smell. Turned around and came back and my multimeter is showing 13.6 volts at the battery at idle and almost 17 volts at about 2000 rpm. Ammeter drops slightly at idle but...

That makes sense. I was driving it earlier today and my ping is still there, just slightly, under part throttle on uphills. I’ve got a 650 Edelbrock AVS-2 on it, and I’m planning on going a step richer just to make sure that’s not the issue. If not, My distributor is the 440 Source Street...

I like the ammeter because it dives towards “d” whenever my windshield wiper motor is shorting out. Then I know to unplug it so I don’t have to use my wife’s car to jump it next time I want to go for a ride, lol. Seems like if I leave it unplugged a few days it goes a week or two without...

My ‘71 383 likes 10 degrees. I had it up to 12 last week and hot starting improved but I’d get slight pinging under a load at part throttle and you could tell it just didn’t like it. Pulled two degrees back out and it purrs like a kitten.

If that’s the 440 Source E-coil, I have the same one. I also bought their ready-to-run two wire street distributor to replace the original points distributor on my 383 charger. It was only $70 and allowed be to eliminate the ballast resistor and not have any sort of ignition box. So far it...

Oh well, I figured. It will definitely be nice to spin the engine faster.

I'm planning to do a complete rebuild of my '71 383 this winter, which will include a full TTI header/exhaust system. TTI mandates a mini starter in the '71 B-Body for header fitment. My question is if there is a mini starter out there that keeps that classic Mopar starter sound. I love...