<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3254"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3253">Awsome Asa...and thanks to Mark for carb donation too!</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3256"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3256"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3255">We got two months until Silver State!</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3256"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3256"><span>Yeeehaaaa</span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3282"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3281"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3280"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3279"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tpr@teampanteraracing.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:50 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TPR] Asa's progress<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_3283"><br>In my best Gene Wilder voice...<br><br>ALIVE!.... ALIVE!.... IT'S ALIVE!!!<br><br>I forgot to grab the extra bits I needed on the way home, so after <br>dinner it was back to Napa and then to Autozone to get the fittings for <br>the fuel and vacuum. Done deal, I picked up the brass fuel fittings <br>from Napa though I had to do a two-piece kludge to get 90* and the size <br>I wanted for the fuel line; at Autozone I picked up a large variety pack <br>of vacuum fittings and a large variety pack of vacuum plugs.<br><br>Once home, I fit the 90* fitting onto the fuel log, an appropriate size <br>vacuum fitting on the ported vacuum port and set about final float <br>adjustments.<br><br>I'm beginning to love this little hand-held vacuum pump. It came with a <br>reservoir so you can either suck fluid without getting it into the pump, <br>or push fluid out in a neat manner. With that in mind, I used the pump <br>to get some gas out of Shelley's Jeep (don't tell her that). I then <br>reversed the pump, attached it to the fuel log of the Holley and started <br>pumping.<br><br>With the sight plugs removed, I could see the floats rising until they <br>stopped. They both stopped short of the sight holes so I raised them <br>each about a quarter to half turn. I'm sure glad I did this on the <br>bench and not on the car... those center-hung fuel adjusters for the <br>needle and seat can leak like a mother when you loosen the screw to <br>adjust the nut. Good grief!<br><br>Once the floats were adjusted I installed the sight plugs and put the <br>carb on the engine. I snugged everything down, routed the fuel lines, <br>vacuum lines, attached linkage and the 12V feed to the choke. After <br>installing the air cleaner, I pulled the Halon fire extinguisher out and <br>set it on the seat next to me.<br><br>For some reason, I kept thinking of the next door neighbor kid when I <br>was young. He was 16 or 17 and had an early 70's Camaro. One night he <br>was messing around with the carb (not that he was the brightest bulb in <br>the box) and he got a backfire that lit it on fire... in the garage.... <br>under the house.<br><br>The house burned completely to the ground.<br><br>I figured if mine caught fire I'd throw it into reverse and get it out <br>of the garage, then put out the flames.<br><br>One pump on the pedal and she fired on the first turn... and idled <br>smoothly without intervention.<br><br>HoooHAAA! She's alive and purrs.<br><br>I grabbed my drop-light and did an inspection around the carb while <br>running to check for leaks. Finding none after a bit of engine rumbling <br>I shut it down and quit for the night. I have to pick up friends at the <br>airport in a little while. I'll monkey with fine tuning it all tomorrow <br>and this weekend.<br><br>But right now... that old Holley 3310-2 (modified) from Mark is working <br>after about $150 in parts and some of my evening time over the last week <br>or two.<br><br>Fun times,<br>Asa Jay<br><br>Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>& Shelley Marie<br>Spokane, WA<br>******************************<br><a href="http://www.racingagainstautism.com/" target="_blank">http://www.racingagainstautism.com</a><br><a href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/" target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism</a><br><br><br>On 8/12/2015 9:43 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR wrote:<br>> Just about finished the carb tonight after running into some necessary <br>> changes; all this prior to mounting on the car.<br>><br>> I found the choke fast idle cam was broken and missing the <br>> bob-weight. The one on my current Holley was fine. I swapped the cam <br>> to the rebuilt 3310. Then I had planned on using my existing choke <br>> cover except that it really should have manifold heat (it's not <br>> electric), but the passage in the intake is blocked because the heater <br>> gizmo didn't fit properly when I rebuilt the engine. So I thought <br>> about using the electric that came with the 3310, except that it was <br>> kind of funky with a hand soldered connection on one side; I didn't <br>> really trust it. Then my long-term memory kicked in and I scrounged <br>> through some old drawers with Mustang parts.<br>><br>> Aha! An older Motocraft electric choke cover in great condition. It <br>> might not be calibrated for Holley but it's essentially the same. So <br>> I put that on. Oh, but did I mention I don't really have an electric <br>> supply to the choke? More on this later.<br>><br>> Then I noticed the linkage wasn't nearly the same. I thought it was <br>> close but didn't worry about it until tonight. Argh!<br>><br>> I thought about swapping the base plates, but the 3310 has larger <br>> bores; that wouldn't work.<br>><br>> I thought about swapping throttle shafts, but the screws in the <br>> throttle plates are staked and it's too much work to swap; that <br>> wouldn't work.<br>><br>> As it turned out, the funky (I actually think it's GM) lever on the <br>> primaries had a nice hole in just about the right spot where the <br>> linkage needs to hook up. And it just so happened that I had a spare <br>> ball post that I could mount there. Nearly perfect! We'll check the <br>> entire throttle throw once we have it mounted on the car.<br>><br>> However, when I went to swap the electric throttle positioner which <br>> holds the idle when the car is running and allows the throttle plates <br>> to -completely- close when the ignition is switched off, I found the <br>> accelerator pump mechanism is larger and in-the-way of mounting the <br>> electric positioner. Argh!<br>><br>> Well, I -could- swap the pump lever from my existing carb but it's got <br>> a lighter spring assembly and I'm not sure it would be calibrated <br>> correctly (spring-tension-wise). And I don't -really- need the <br>> electric positioner if I dial the idle in correctly, so let's just <br>> leave it off<br>><br>> Well, wouldn't you know... that leaves me a 12V source that's only ON <br>> when the ignition is ON. Now where could I possibly use that? OH! I <br>> know.... how about the electric choke? Yea, that'll work.<br>><br>> All that's left is to mount the fuel lines, do a final adjust on the <br>> floats and hit the road. But before I get that far I have a couple <br>> more parts to get.<br>><br>> The supply line on the car is a 5/16" metal tube, which means I need a <br>> 5/16" hose barb fitting to 3/8" NPT fitting to the supply line on the <br>> carb. I can pick one up at Napa tomorrow. The ported vacuum on my <br>> present Holley is the small size, same as the vacuum advance on the <br>> distributor. The ported on this 3310 is about twice the size so I <br>> need to get a reducer and some hose. I'm currently running the dual <br>> diaphragm vacuum advance, and no it's not necessarily been dialed in <br>> properly. I really need someone with a distributor machine, or I need <br>> to cough up the money for a whizbang electronic distributor with <br>> computer controlled advance/retard. But you know... if I go that far <br>> I might as well buy a fuel injection system that can take advantage of <br>> that. <sigh><br>><br>> Everything else seems to be alright. OH, one last thing.<br>><br>> I sighted in the level on the intake pad, it' has a slight forward <br>> tilt; that's expected on the Pantera. Some time ago I purchased a <br>> "wedge-plate" to try and level it up. When I test fit it tonight and <br>> checked level, it had about twice as much tilt to the rear as the <br>> manifold did to the front without the wedge. So I'm not going to put <br>> the wedge on. What I really need is a wedge at about half the angle <br>> this one is.<br>><br>> My thoughts are to set final float level on the bench by rigging the <br>> base to be at about the same angle as the intake on the car, then <br>> priming the fuel bowls manually and adjusting the floats via the sight <br>> holes. Since the needle and seats are at the far ends of the fuel <br>> bowls and the floats nearer the meter blocks, I think I need to set <br>> the front (primary) to be just a touch high, and the rear to be just a <br>> touch low. That should give me approximately the same amount of fuel <br>> in each. Any thoughts from other experts?<br>><br>> Alright, enough of a tome for tonight, more tomorrow.<br>> Asa Jay<br>><br>> Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>> & Shelley Marie<br>> Spokane, WA<br>> ******************************<br>> <a href="http://www.racingagainstautism.com/" target="_blank">http://www.racingagainstautism.com</a><br>> <a href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/" target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com</a><br>> <a href="http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism</a><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TPR mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>