The pursuit special rides again

[PursuitSpecial]

I put the thermoquad that I've been super-tuning for my 318 on the car after I got the bugs out of it and it woke it up big time, it loves the 400 engine even though it's an '81 small block carb. I also changed the old plugs and wires for solid core accels and non resistor J12YC champion plugs. It picked up a whole MPH and almost 2 tenths over the holley, granted it was at a different track in a different day with better ignition but still. And the sound it makes when the back barrels open put a permanent smile on my face.

 

[1970FuryConv]

I put the thermoquad that I've been super-tuning for my 318 on the car after I got the bugs out of it and it woke it up big time, it loves the 400 engine even though it's an '81 small block carb. I also changed the old plugs and wires for solid core accels and non resistor J12YC champion plugs. It picked up a whole MPH and almost 2 tenths over the holley, granted it was at a different track in a different day with better ignition but still. And the sound it makes when the back barrels open put a permanent smile on my face.

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Awesome! I bet that 1/8 mile doesn't see a Plymouth Pursuit car every day. Others may have been smiling too.

 

[Mr C]

Nothing else sounds like a TQ at WOT. Good for you!

 

[PursuitSpecial]

And of course as soon as I got to Mopars at the Rock today it let me down. It looks like the well plugs fell out and flooded my motor out when I cut the car off after pulling in the gate. I used JB tank weld on them when I built it about a year ago and it decided to let go. I had a spare Holley Economaster carb with me that I tried to run the trophy class with, but it was so inconsistent it wasn't anywhere near competitive. It managed to run a 16.89 in the quarter but based on my testing that carb is way too small for the engine and restricts it.