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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 09 9:49 pm
by Dave-R
Got the MAP sensor wired up tonight and started doing a tidy up on the wires around the engine bay. Spiral wrap is good but you don't have end up scraping your knuckles on everything as you wind it on. :lol:

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 09 11:47 pm
by Anonymous
sweet,makes me feel sorry i sold the runner when i see the six pack carbs 8-)

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 9:02 am
by AllKiller
Thats such a neat looking set up with the aeroquip hoses...much better than stock 8-)

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 9:36 am
by Dave-R
Yeah those fuel lines from ProMax are really nice.
I will have to give that MAP sensor a shot of paint once I have made sure it is working correctly.

I just have to break my back and join some wires up under the dash this week and then I will fire the engine up and try recording some data.

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 10:43 am
by Jeff
All that trouble I went to getting those fuel lines, now you are using braided! :roll:

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 11:13 am
by Dave-R
Jeff wrote:All that trouble I went to getting those fuel lines, now you are using braided! :roll:
I used those lines for years though Jeff. :thumbright:

They are just too narrow for my needs now. Still got them stored though. ;)

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 11:15 am
by Jeff
Looking forward to seeing this car Dave! :thumbright:

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 5:45 pm
by Philth
Bloody hell, Dave - give that car a clean will ya?!

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 8:16 pm
by Roger
Dave wrote:Got the MAP sensor wired up tonight and started doing a tidy up on the wires around the engine bay. Spiral wrap is good but you don't have end up scraping your knuckles on everything as you wind it on. :lol:
I know you have just scraped your knuckles, but that spiral wrap is going to melt with engine heat. Trust me, i know! Unless its some special heat resistant stuff. Personally i suggest the flexible plastic stuff like most modern cars use.

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 10:22 pm
by Dave-R
Engine has been up to temp a few times already with no ill effects. But with the hood up.
I will keep an eye on it Roger. If I need to change any wiring it is easier with this stuff.
I have correct type insulating wrap I can use if there is any sign of it deteriorating. Thanks for the warning.

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 09 10:23 pm
by Dave-R
There will not be any updates to this for a week or so.
Somethings come up.

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 09 3:35 pm
by Dave-R
OK I am back to working on the car again. Had a death in the family so the car had to take a back seat for a while.

I had a go at some data acquisition this afternoon. Not sure if I believe the vacuum reading or not. I will have to check it against a normal vacuum gauge. It is about twice what i used to have with the old cam.

RPM is around 1000 at idle. I would like to loose about 50-100rpm if possible. So I will need to make the holes in the throttle blades a touch smaller than they needed to be with the old hydraulic cam.

Got 16 degrees initial and 36 total advance at the moment. So a little work to be done on the distributor curve before I start messing with the carbs.

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 09 3:50 pm
by Rogue Trooper
Very technical Dave, being able to check the data after every run puts you leaps and bounds in front of everyone else 8-)

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 09 4:15 pm
by Anonymous
Rogue Trooper wrote:Very technical Dave, being able to check the data after every run puts you leaps and bounds in front of everyone else 8-)
Some of us were doing that 15 years ago .... :roll:

Looks good though, Dave :thumbright:

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 09 10:47 pm
by Rich
Sandy you are wrong there,you were not checking data after every run.



You were doing it during every run with the air con on too............. :shock: :shock: