Back to the 'Cuda's vents though. The driver's side vent door was broken off and the opening had been taped up with duct tape. When I finally pulled it out, I noticed someone had also stuffed burlap into the hole to help keep drafts down.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
1966 Barracuda Driver's Side Vent Repair
The vents in these older A-body cars leave a little to be desired in terms of aesthetics. They are a simple door with a latch, and you reach under the dash and rotate the latch then pull the door open. My Sport Fury on the other hand has tastefully-done small chrome-handled cable pulls right under the steering wheel that you pull to open, and both can be opened from the drivers seat.
Back to the 'Cuda's vents though. The driver's side vent door was broken off and the opening had been taped up with duct tape. When I finally pulled it out, I noticed someone had also stuffed burlap into the hole to help keep drafts down.
Back to the 'Cuda's vents though. The driver's side vent door was broken off and the opening had been taped up with duct tape. When I finally pulled it out, I noticed someone had also stuffed burlap into the hole to help keep drafts down.
Monday, June 11, 2018
Out With The Old - In With The...... Old? 1966 Plymouth Barracuda
I thought I came up with a pretty clever title. I don't want to look on the ol' Interweb to see how prevalent it is. I want to think I'm just that clever to make up something like that. Um, yeah...
Anyhoo, I've written a bit about my factory stock 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury with its 325-horsepower high-compression 383 V-8, AFB 4-barrel carburetor, and 4-speed manual transmission. This photo was taken last week at a county park on Indian Island, WA.
Anyhoo, I've written a bit about my factory stock 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury with its 325-horsepower high-compression 383 V-8, AFB 4-barrel carburetor, and 4-speed manual transmission. This photo was taken last week at a county park on Indian Island, WA.
Friday, June 1, 2018
Refreshing The Sport Fury Distributor
The distributor that came in my Sport Fury's 383 worked well but the vacuum advance diaphragm was toast. I happened to get another 383 distributor in with some parts I bought, and its vacuum advance worked, so I just swapped the two distributors a couple years ago. The distributor worked OK but ran rough at light throttle, and when getting into the secondaries of the carburetor, the engine didn't like it and would hesitate and ping, even with the initial timing set to a very meager 4 degrees BTDC. Hmm, what to do.
Today I decided to clean up the original distributor and just put the good vacuum advance canister on the original distributor. I would buy a new vacuum advance canister if I could find one but no one seems to sell just the canister at a reasonable cost.
(update - Standard Motor Products VC187 (approx $20) may work, and I'm assuming it is what comes on remanufactured distributors, but I believe it is designed for a 1970's Mopar B/RB engine)
The mechanical advance plate in the original distributor (below) has a very small "8" stamped into it by the upper slot, meaning it provides 8 degrees of distributor timing advance. Since the distributor turns 1/2 the speed of the engine, an 8-degree plate provides 16 degrees of mechanical engine timing.
Today I decided to clean up the original distributor and just put the good vacuum advance canister on the original distributor. I would buy a new vacuum advance canister if I could find one but no one seems to sell just the canister at a reasonable cost.
(update - Standard Motor Products VC187 (approx $20) may work, and I'm assuming it is what comes on remanufactured distributors, but I believe it is designed for a 1970's Mopar B/RB engine)
The mechanical advance plate in the original distributor (below) has a very small "8" stamped into it by the upper slot, meaning it provides 8 degrees of distributor timing advance. Since the distributor turns 1/2 the speed of the engine, an 8-degree plate provides 16 degrees of mechanical engine timing.
