What did you do to your G-Body today? [2019]
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I started working on the Monte AC again and made a fixed idler pulley bracket out of 1/2" plate and then polished it, I am waiting on a stainless ARP bolt that I ordered to hold the pulley on.
I also made it so I have 3 adjustments to set the pulley where I want it once in the car.
This bracket also doubles as my upper alternator bracket that mounts to my water pump.
I also made it so I have 3 adjustments to set the pulley where I want it once in the car.
This bracket also doubles as my upper alternator bracket that mounts to my water pump.
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It's been kind of a busy week for the Bonneville. I had growling bearings on my alternator, so I swapped out to a spare from my other serpentine setup. The next day, I come out to a dead battery and I found the diode pack slightly warm. Looks like the old one is going back on.
I changed my air cleaner out to the Durango air inlet with a cone filter on it. This helped greatly with hood clearance and allowed me to hook up my unused vent port on the drivers side instead of venting it to the air. I also moved the throttle return spring from pulling from the front of the carb to pulling the kickdown cable post to a bracket hidden under the kickdown cable. Due to some throttle sticking, I added in a longer bolt to help the cruise control cable clear the throttle cable mount on the throttle arm.
I gave up after messing with my carburetor for god only knows how long, and called the Edelbrock Tech Line. The guy that I talked to knew what he was doing and asked me to describe my engine setup and the carbs current settings. What he ended up suggesting to me was that I needed to put the strongest springs that were in my kit in and change to 73-47 needles with 92 primary jets. More interestingly, he highly suggested that I add 4 more degrees of initial timing. I knew that it wasn't advanced as much as it could be because it would diesel on shutdown if I tried, but I hadn't even thought about it since I rebuilt the carb and got rid of its vacuum leaks.
With these changes made, I took it on a ride and it ran better than it ever has while carbed. It ran so good in fact, that I nearly spun the thing out on a rainy interstate on-ramp when the secondaries kicked in. I may change the 8 Hg springs out for 7 Hg springs, as it wants to kick into enrichment too easily when at interstate speeds but is loads better than it was. The tech support line was totally worth it, and I highly recommend it if you get stumped.
I changed my air cleaner out to the Durango air inlet with a cone filter on it. This helped greatly with hood clearance and allowed me to hook up my unused vent port on the drivers side instead of venting it to the air. I also moved the throttle return spring from pulling from the front of the carb to pulling the kickdown cable post to a bracket hidden under the kickdown cable. Due to some throttle sticking, I added in a longer bolt to help the cruise control cable clear the throttle cable mount on the throttle arm.
I gave up after messing with my carburetor for god only knows how long, and called the Edelbrock Tech Line. The guy that I talked to knew what he was doing and asked me to describe my engine setup and the carbs current settings. What he ended up suggesting to me was that I needed to put the strongest springs that were in my kit in and change to 73-47 needles with 92 primary jets. More interestingly, he highly suggested that I add 4 more degrees of initial timing. I knew that it wasn't advanced as much as it could be because it would diesel on shutdown if I tried, but I hadn't even thought about it since I rebuilt the carb and got rid of its vacuum leaks.
With these changes made, I took it on a ride and it ran better than it ever has while carbed. It ran so good in fact, that I nearly spun the thing out on a rainy interstate on-ramp when the secondaries kicked in. I may change the 8 Hg springs out for 7 Hg springs, as it wants to kick into enrichment too easily when at interstate speeds but is loads better than it was. The tech support line was totally worth it, and I highly recommend it if you get stumped.
I would try to find a new spot for that filter
All its doing there is sucking up the hot air coming off the exhaust
This is not it's permanent home, I just need to get a longer (and not gaudy chrome) intake tube from the junkyard. I eventually want the filter behind the coolant bottle, but this will be fine until spring.
Dodge parts made it faster? Unpossible!
Slow roll waiting on brake parts so I started other little stuff. Painted the Astro steering shaft I got from Slowpoke way back in March as well as the S10 relay bracket I picked up at the junkyard. Installed the shaft but cars still in the air until the brakes are done so for now I haven’t had the chance to see the difference.
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