Came out nice. The shiny black paint, old top trim, and deleted quarter windows make it look all classy like a Towncar. Needs a continental kit :lol: .
"Turn Key" Is Not An Option
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Continental kit :lol: Maybe 59 Plymouth style with a faux spare tire buldge on the trunk lid, hahaha.
Continental kit :lol: Maybe 59 Plymouth style with a faux spare tire buldge on the trunk lid, hahaha.
Been driving the sedan around for the past week and a half or so, running decent, drives well, stops better after a little brake work, lol. Being that I've contracted this strange sickness that doesn't allow me to leave well enough alone, I've been dickin around with trying to get a little more oomph out of the ole bird, keep in mind it already has a 2100 carb, and hei upgrades. I still felt there was more hidden somewhere, I know with my 2.35 gear ratio and over sized tires, she'll never be a ripper, but I can improve on a complete dog, :lol: . My thoughts, hell with it, I'll recurve the distributor for sh*ts and giggles, since I have the springs laying around anyway, 
. Here's a little run down for those who do not know what that entails.
Firts step: Remove the cap
Next: Rotor
Now you are ready to remove the springs carefully, may want to use needle nose pliers, unhook the springs and set them aside, you may need them later.
You now are looking at this, while the springs are out, make sure your weights move nice and free with out sticking.
The new springs, one heavy one medium is generally the formula to use.
New ones installed
The verdict:
Definitely an improvement, instead of a lazy wind up, the engine is much more responsive. I had to knock my previous base time back down to 8.5 degrees from the 12 I had it at. Being that the mechanical advance comes in much sooner, it was causing some hellacious spark knock. I still have a little on top to be rid of (high rpm, WOT) I'll have to make a stop to eliminate that. Oh, I almost forgot, rolling at 5mph, if I stuff it to the floor, for a split second, the car "looses traction"
hahaha. I know big whoop right? It's quite the accomplishment considering the little one with 2.73 gears and a 4 speed won't even do that, not without dumping the clutch that is,
. Here's a little run down for those who do not know what that entails. Firts step: Remove the cap
Next: Rotor
Now you are ready to remove the springs carefully, may want to use needle nose pliers, unhook the springs and set them aside, you may need them later.
You now are looking at this, while the springs are out, make sure your weights move nice and free with out sticking.
The new springs, one heavy one medium is generally the formula to use.
New ones installed
The verdict:
Definitely an improvement, instead of a lazy wind up, the engine is much more responsive. I had to knock my previous base time back down to 8.5 degrees from the 12 I had it at. Being that the mechanical advance comes in much sooner, it was causing some hellacious spark knock. I still have a little on top to be rid of (high rpm, WOT) I'll have to make a stop to eliminate that. Oh, I almost forgot, rolling at 5mph, if I stuff it to the floor, for a split second, the car "looses traction"
hahaha. I know big whoop right? It's quite the accomplishment considering the little one with 2.73 gears and a 4 speed won't even do that, not without dumping the clutch that is,
Oldsmoletick said:rolling at 5mph, if I stuff it to the floor, for a split second, the car "looses traction"
If I may quote myself, usually I'm the first jerk to say video or it didn't happen.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtyeAByI ... e=youtu.be
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You may have the only 4.2 Eagle on the planet that can do that. Actually, it sounded really good 0-60. Stock exhaust?
Internally stock 4.2 that is, lol, and thanks. Yep the exhaust is stock, even still has a catalytic conervter intact :shock: , I haven't had a vehicle with one of those in over ten years :lol:
Wow - what an awesome car! I almost picked one up a few months ago. They are hard to ind - an old 4WD car! It really was a crossover before any such thing existed. Good luck with it, and really nice job on the restoration!
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So the first real problem struck today with the jeep, the miss was on her way home with it and it died. :-? Off I go in the little red eagle to try to see if I can get her going again, getting fuel, must be no spark, great! :x Some asshat removed the spare parts from it too! 
So I hooked up the tow strap, and dragged the jeep back to my work via Eagle, . That must have been a sight for all the locals, I was in too much of a hurry to grab pics though, lol. So I sent the miss back on her way home with the Eagle :lol: she hates it, the car gave her quite the rash of sh*t the other day, hahahaha. On my lunch I did a little investigating, couple of my concerns was the possibility of the cam gear getting wiped out, or maybe a broken timing chain, I never put a new set on when I built the jeep, original has well over 200k. Rotor still spins as it should, no slop in the gers meshing, so that was a relief. On to the electronic end. My initial thought, that goddamned chinese ignition module I put in there, but wait, maybe not. Before I deemed it dead, I figured I'd test the coil seeing that it's an easy check. Ah fooo, primary resistance A OK, secondary, dead. :evil: I was hoping it checked out good, I know right where my spare ignition modules are, coils.......Not so much, I have them, but damned if I can remember where I stuck them last, lol. This may be a little harder to explain to the miss on how to find one and bring it to me, maybe I just should have her rob the one from the malibu . At least it's nothing major, could've been worse.
argh, I just realized, I locked the malibu, I have the keys, sh*t, lol.
So I hooked up the tow strap, and dragged the jeep back to my work via Eagle, . That must have been a sight for all the locals, I was in too much of a hurry to grab pics though, lol. So I sent the miss back on her way home with the Eagle :lol: she hates it, the car gave her quite the rash of sh*t the other day, hahahaha. On my lunch I did a little investigating, couple of my concerns was the possibility of the cam gear getting wiped out, or maybe a broken timing chain, I never put a new set on when I built the jeep, original has well over 200k. Rotor still spins as it should, no slop in the gers meshing, so that was a relief. On to the electronic end. My initial thought, that goddamned chinese ignition module I put in there, but wait, maybe not. Before I deemed it dead, I figured I'd test the coil seeing that it's an easy check. Ah fooo, primary resistance A OK, secondary, dead. :evil: I was hoping it checked out good, I know right where my spare ignition modules are, coils.......Not so much, I have them, but damned if I can remember where I stuck them last, lol. This may be a little harder to explain to the miss on how to find one and bring it to me, maybe I just should have her rob the one from the malibu . At least it's nothing major, could've been worse. argh, I just realized, I locked the malibu, I have the keys, sh*t, lol.
Story of my life.Oldsmoletick said:
Glad it's something simple. Better that than a cam gear or timing chain.
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