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Gotta give em that, the chryslers were interesting at top end.....different than ford and chevy. They would roll. Early on I moved from plymouth to chevy. For drag racing, chrysler shifting was a challenge, and in 70's with the damn new process, all you did was replace shift forks.....not...

When in HS in Fairfax, I spent my fridays drag racing. And, there was a group that would gather at 2am on sunday, and run the 70 miles around the new 495 beltway. Just wondering if you 68Pk might have been involved in that game. I just had to be on the look out for fairfax county in...

Well, thats fine for you young guys, what the heck do we old guys do???? Anyway?

A friend with big block fords forever, likes to raise the back of the hood with small block to increase airflow.....has done this for long time and it helps. But, with a known offender, maybe couple little things if weather very hot, first is let it idle for short stops, and second is to crack...

Your points do remind me that if I could, I would wrap the exhaust manifolds and some down pipe, I would. I did that on an MGA rebuild that had more tube headers, and it did not look horrible. But, would help underhood.

From experience back in the day, on a hot day, with a hot engine, the problem called vapor lock would occur when you shut down for a while and then try to start back up.....and it aint goin easy. What I do not recall is whether you also had a lot of fuel smell. But, always interesting today...

With all of the underhood heat on these beasties....I kinda agree with CBody (hope that comes from Classic Beauty Body and not Pear body....but I digress). But, I added some heat shield tube for the fuel line from the pump....horrible ugly stuff, but will work. I did this to reduce chance of...

Still amazed at your analysis....well done. I dont disagree with the point on the size of the new AVS, and that may be true....not sure, but the OEM AFB was a bit smaller, and of course, designed for street work at low rpm and not performance......and the new stuff moves to performance. So...

Exactamundo.....but how in the world does this help in this case....aargh. And further, the points made by CBody regarding the air jets and flow around a closed throttle plate....esp since now, with no added vac at idle, it means the throttles must be opened more to get the speed back up. I...

What I need is more parts from you, when the bank says I can go for it!

One more happy note this sunday morning.....just went out for short hot run. And recently, after my front engine work, it would hardly run when hot, in gear. So, after more adjustments as above, down the road, and again, I am feisty and like to include a slow start in first, hammer it, shift...

Raymond, forgive me if I get this wrong, since you and I discussed a lot of different options, some relating to your great rebuilt distributor....cant thank you enough. I am very happy that you have limited my mech advance to 16 so I can keep the initial high at 18. And yes, I did go back to...

Well, I have been doing this as avocation, and some other related work on steam and gas turbines and more for a long time. But, I am always surprised to see how poor my skill is when folks are so well informed as seen in this note above. Impressive. So, I had thought that during hi vac...

Great comments and technical points. Note.....I am on the stock engine, trans and converter....prob never removed, but unknown for sure. I have a new Edelbrock AVS since I could not find the right size accel pump, even from Mikes, for this carb....AFB had many sizes pumps. And yes, I am...

Agree 100% on vacuum problems, and I need to do this check, in more depth. Because, that would exacerbate this problem. Today, after checking plugs, I replaced three that were darker than the other 5, but all were just sooty with tan ceramic....and no oil....a good thing. So idling much...

Have only done cursory vac checks around the carb.....not manifold. But again, seem to have plenty when working with vac cannister, and cut it back a bunch....tighten the spring and still get 15 degrees, at this point. But, should measure it. Just talked to Ray B about this. We talked...

Unless it is Mousey Brown and a 427. Engine stock except for externals like water pump, shimmed oil pump relief, edelbrock and now the cam drive and damper. I have not taken vac readings, since had plenty at idle to pull the can, and had to back it down a taste. But, again, all of this is an...

The cam timing advance is to provide better low end torque, with retard providing better high rpm power. Mine is an old mouse, and I decided to advance a taste. They go up to about 12 each way on the new gears.

OK, this is a lot. I had mentioned in another post that I would ask the friend trans builder about the OEM converter, which I did. He said, should be no problem, very stout converters. OK, this engine is stock, as far as I know, no converter, no cam changes. And, an interesting point on...

I have been working on my 66 383 now for about two years, with short road trials for about year and a half. So, after my recent work on replacing the timing chain and gears, I had never seen anything like the chain slop in this one.....mainly from the plastic all gonium, prob. So, out with...