[TPR] Asa's progress

Fri Aug 14 10:16:34 PDT 2015

for the first 3 years I ran a 650 DB and a mechanical fuel pump averaging 140-145 so assuming you have the minimal cooling updates you should be good.
      From: Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
 To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com 
 Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:47 AM
 Subject: Re: [TPR] Asa's progress

What would happen if the car caught fire and I couldn't back it out?

That's what the fire extinguisher is for.  I have three in the garage if 
you count the one from the Pantera.  Second step was to scream for my 
wife (upstairs) and have her help me push it out of the garage.  Pushing 
it out is actually pretty easy as long as my daily driver isn't stacked 
up behind it, which it wasn't since I had pulled it out and left it 
clear just in case something bad like that happened.  :)

I most likely won't do the one-mile shootout, too much to add to my 
stress and wallet.  I can however let you know that I think the old carb 
(a Holley 650) was too small, so this 750 should be much better at high 
speed.  I was able to sustain about 125 MPH in 2013 with the old 650; 
I'm hoping to hit 135 in the trap this year and I think this carb will 
let me do it.

I understand the concern though, can the fuel pump keep up?  I don't 
really know and I don't have room around here to try it out for more 
than passing a car or two on a two-lane highway.  :)

Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 8/13/2015 10:46 PM, bflesland--- via TPR wrote:
> Glad to hear your carb is installed and working, AJ.
> Be sure to test car under load at higher speeds before the SSCC.
> Thinking fuel starvation etcetera.
>
> Perhaps also do the Friday shootout?
> It will tell you something about the engine and carb tune for sure.
>
> We will probably also do the 1 mile shootout if my car becomes ready in time for the SSCC.
>
> And when reading your message I kept thinking, what would you do if the car/carb caught fire and engine did not start?
> How would you be able to put it into reverse and also back it out?
>
> Cheers Bjoern
>
>> Den 14. aug. 2015 kl. 07:50 skrev Asa Jay Laughton via TPR<tpr at teampanteraracing.com>:
>>
>> In my best Gene Wilder voice...
>>
>> ALIVE!.... ALIVE!.... IT'S ALIVE!!!
>>
>> I forgot to grab the extra bits I needed on the way home, so after dinner it was back to Napa and then to Autozone to get the fittings for the fuel and vacuum.  Done deal, I picked up the brass fuel fittings from Napa though I had to do a two-piece kludge to get 90* and the size I wanted for the fuel line; at Autozone I picked up a large variety pack of vacuum fittings and a large variety pack of vacuum plugs.
>>
>> Once home, I fit the 90* fitting onto the fuel log, an appropriate size vacuum fitting on the ported vacuum port and set about final float adjustments.
>>
>> I'm beginning to love this little hand-held vacuum pump.  It came with a reservoir so you can either suck fluid without getting it into the pump, or push fluid out in a neat manner.  With that in mind, I used the pump to get some gas out of Shelley's Jeep (don't tell her that).  I then reversed the pump, attached it to the fuel log of the Holley and started pumping.
>>
>> With the sight plugs removed, I could see the floats rising until they stopped.  They both stopped short of the sight holes so I raised them each about a quarter to half turn.  I'm sure glad I did this on the bench and not on the car... those center-hung fuel adjusters for the needle and seat can leak like a mother when you loosen the screw to adjust the nut.  Good grief!
>>
>> Once the floats were adjusted I installed the sight plugs and put the carb on the engine.  I snugged everything down, routed the fuel lines, vacuum lines, attached linkage and the 12V feed to the choke.  After installing the air cleaner, I pulled the Halon fire extinguisher out and set it on the seat next to me.
>>
>> For some reason, I kept thinking of the next door neighbor kid when I was young.  He was 16 or 17 and had an early 70's Camaro.  One night he was messing around with the carb (not that he was the brightest bulb in the box) and he got a backfire that lit it on fire... in the garage.... under the house.
>>
>> The house burned completely to the ground.
>>
>> I figured if mine caught fire I'd throw it into reverse and get it out of the garage, then put out the flames.
>>
>> One pump on the pedal and she fired on the first turn... and idled smoothly without intervention.
>>
>> HoooHAAA!  She's alive and purrs.
>>
>> I grabbed my drop-light and did an inspection around the carb while running to check for leaks.  Finding none after a bit of engine rumbling I shut it down and quit for the night.  I have to pick up friends at the airport in a little while.  I'll monkey with fine tuning it all tomorrow and this weekend.
>>
>> But right now... that old Holley 3310-2 (modified) from Mark is working after about $150 in parts and some of my evening time over the last week or two.
>>
>> Fun times,
>> Asa  Jay
>>
>> Asa Jay Laughton
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