Less Sketch, More Power!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Garrett's Charger is back. It still has too much cam, not enough converter and terrible gearing, but a few minutes spent working the distributor has made a big improvement in the cars off-the-line performance. We're one step closer to sending this thing down the strip for the first time.
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Good seeing a young man who is interested in learning and respectful of UT's experience. A good kid who obviously was raised well.
most of us Tennessean's are at least where I'm from are parents would have beat are asses if we weren't respectful
Completely agree
There's probably a couple million of us. They are just fortunate enough to have the opportunity
Do they still make LineLok?Can he afford one?
Pray not to denotate and fuck yor engine
Oh, good, my handiwork doesn’t suck completely lol.
Thank god I just had that stuff laying around to convert the bowls. They’re actually the bowls off my old Holley that my SportFury had before we put the Edelbrock on...and to go even further, those are the bowls that originally came with that 600 carburetor when I ordered it in the first place when my Poly went in a year ago. That 600 is the one that wouldn’t work on my car for some reason lol. I knew converting it back to dual feed would make the biggest difference in the world for his car.
I’m glad Garrett’s a lot happier in this video than the last one lol. Looking forward to our next get together when I’m not working!
Great work man. Very cool helping him out like you did.
Can’t wait to see you guys go down the track! Have fun!
Nothing sketchy there, Nice work guys keep it up!
nice job man. keep it up. its all Legos in the end
Friends helping friends in the world of hot rodding classic cars. That's what it's all about. Making things go faster & forging friendships along the way. Way to go Austin. Looking forward to watch your progress here!
Tony, you should call your place "UTG Automotive Tuning Academy". I am not aware of anyone else doing the training that you are doing. When I was younger, I would have gladly paid for the expertise that you are kindly giving away to the next generation for free.
I 100% agree with you
I agree 100% Sam. Tony's giving valuable lessons to the younger generation on hot rodding old school cars. I admire & respect that.
+1! Every young hot rodder needs an Uncle Tony in their life!
If anyone wants to help me out.... Isn't this going to kill the drivability of the car?
Isn't there a way of doing this without welding?
There is a plate you can buy that has multiple settings to do the same thing but Tony is going old school.
Uncle Kathy works that camera intuitively .
Not everyone can do that !
The entertainment is second only to the education here .
Thanks to all parties involved
Honestly, seeing how badly that car was repaired made me feel good about my own sketchy repair history. At least I never tried to duct tape anything under the hood.
Brother I was actually forced to use the duct tape on a radiator hose back in the 90s. That was the most nail-biting I ever did in 200 miles.
Amen to that ive done some dumbass shit in my day but none ever involved duct dape. Floorpans made of bodyfiller is my offering to the blooper reel
I got the worst bondo job in town in my 80' Dart
Ive reconstructed wheel wells with fiber glass and old aluminum window screens... Bondo and undercoated over top haha.
@@DanEBoyd Ahh the good old "cheese grater" tail lights. So you actually fabricated a piece of the painted lens cover out of bondo? Now that's ingenuity!
Love that engine when it's idling. Sounds of my childhood, song of my people. Nothing quite like a big cam to make it sound interesting. :-)
More of a slow run than idling...
@@jamiebone6886 I was thinking more of the lumpy idle when he was shifting into reverse and rolling back to the starting point, rather than during the "slow run." it didn't sound like he was on the throttle when he shifted into reverse.
Might sound good but cam killed the low end torque "bigly"
I think maybe the idle needs adjustment after the timing adjustment? Sounded a little too high?
Tony took that distributor apart like someone had a stopwatch out! 😂
Yeah, he just whips it out. When I took the distributor out of my 261, I took it out like it was and unexploded device. 🤣
That was, between trips down the track...
Stopwatch fast 😉
@@christopherjohnson1348 that’s how you’re supposed to do it
I can hear my buddies and I back in 1979 yelling "mommy's boy burnout" That car is gonna love some gear!!!
Haha if that thing has low 2s in it and ya pep it up to some mid/high 3s it'll feel like 75-100hp.
Sorta similar, but a buddy swapped a 4 speed into a lame smoggy 75 nova, and damned if it wouldn't stick with an older carbed 5.0 mustang till like 70.
Before the swap it didn't have a prayer.
I would love to see this car with around 3:70 gearing.
Looked like an angry dentist working on that distributor. Its seems to have helped it tho.
LOL!!
This content is great. You covering each end of the spectrum... a high end 426 hemi gtx, to a 360 charger. please keep up the good work!
Great to see old timers giving back. So cool. Love this channel
Man I forgot how much the styling of this body style resembled the Monte Carlos back in the day. I haven’t seen one of these in the wild for almost 30 years.
Yeah. 78 cordobas even more so. They changed the headlights to under over squares.
My 77 cordoba (the cor-doobie) was a ton of fun! Triple blue, Corinthian leather! 440 and torque thrusts!
Change the rear wheels to 14" with low profile tires. That's a budget way to lower final drive ratio.
Without measuring, I think that gives about 10 - 15% on the final ratio, say a 2.7 :1 would act like about a 3.1.
Wondering though, does the mechanical advantage effect of the diff remain at 2.7: 1?
@@Riverdeepnwide I don't think so, smaller tires give ya low speed power but less topend, if the engine is revving higher at a given speed so will the final drive. the speedo will be off as well (reading faster than you are actually going). It is a budget way of regearing though.
It has 14''' tires stock, not a lot to be gained
@@theclubhouse1209 the ONLY difference would be axle rev count, and that is actually unchanged for any engine rpm in a given gear from the stock tire size, so no real chance of spinning anything too fast.
@@waiting4aliens 15"stock.
That cam sounds bad ass!!
It does sound good. Fake it until you make it
Its too much cam its over cammed as they say the heads wont flow enough air for that cam its slowing it down believe it or not a smaller cam w a higjer lobe separation angle would make it faster ask tony
Appreciating the front mounted distributor on my Buick more and more. Thanks for the information Uncle Tony!
gotta keep telling them you're not getting paid, so some Karen doesn't turn you in to the i.r.s.
Uncle Tony is incredibly generous with his knowledge and time. I don’t know too many men that are so willing to help so many with their rides.
I had a 2,92 rear end and a 2200rpm stall on the converter made a world of difference
Might tighten the distributor after you get the timing where you want it, preferred before you test it. 👍
Way better low end response! Maybe try a slightly shorter rear tire when you go to the track, the track prep will make it pull down hard.
2:40 rear end ... gonna need those little tires low riders put on their cars..
Can a loose distributor cause the oil pump shaft end to break off of the distributor??
@@Jupitermustangmike i would think it needs more help than a loose distributor to break like that.. . As I've forgotten to tighten down distributor before when setting timing lol.
Single feed carbs are a pain in the butt, i did the same with my Holley 600. The dual feed bowls is the way to go
That looks way better under the hood.
Nothing like a set of finned valve covers.
“He doesn’t have 3.91 gears…he has” amen brother!! I get so tired of the internet race techs that are happy yo state the obvious that if you would just write a check for a 9”, Holley efi, two turbos, nitrous, aluminum heads and a built tranny it would run better.
Yeah, right? That's because there's a bunch of stupid kids here vying for attention. They're not here to learn a damned thing, but they THINK they are "impressing everyone else". You can bet the farm they troll all the hot rodding channels........yet they've never turned a wrench themselves.
Sometimes you just gotta play the hand you were dealt
@@leapyear9460 for now…and upgrade when you can
Bro that Monty would pull a lot harder if you just dropped in a Rolls Royce Meteor engine😏
Wow what a difference! I'll have to try that on my 440
I went to trade school with a guy named Justin Bonduraunt that had a blue1977 charger Daytona in the late nineties and early 2000’s he got it featured in a mopar muscle magizine. Good times!🤘🏻I think it had the 383 from the factory? He built a low compression 440 and put a pro charger on it.
Really makes me miss my 1977 cordoba. It was a factory 400c.i. four barrel car. All yellow. Yellow cloth interior. Nothing said seventies like that monster. Had alot of fun with that car.
383's were long gone by 77. They dropped 383's in 72 i think or earlier. And replaced it with the 400. Which was only around till 78. Fun fact is 400's actually have the biggest bore of the mopar v8's. Its just a tiny bigger than a 440. And Cordoba's are the exact same car as this charger. Just little different cosmetically.. Barely. They also made a 300 for 1 year with this body style. I think 79. That would be a nice one to hot rod if you could find one!
@@ronprice7495 ah ok, I’m a learning mopar guy please excuse my ignorance
I bought my 77 cordoba with a barfed 400 and we swapped a 440 from a tradesman van Into it it was almost stock but still fun to drive!
I know my 74 newport with a 2 barrel 400 is still a pretty powerful car. I would imagine with a 4 barrel and a few other mods like dual exhaust it wouldnt be no joke. 74 is the last year you can get away with no cat as well.
A good cam for such a beast is the (available on order but not shelf stock anymore) Dual Energy series from Comp Cams. The 265DEH would probably be the one, in a A-body with at least 3.21s, the 275DEH would work. Split pattern torque makers.
Seeing Tony helping this guy out makes a fella smile. wtg
These young dudes are so lucky ! I wish I had an Uncle Tony to teach me the lessons on classic cars. But hey at least I have this Channel 😄 Has helped me a lot with my classic Bronco
The old body weight screw removal technique on the distributor. Proper.
she's leaving a little harder now. my grand marquis could use a little more advance LOL!. good job Tony!
I can lite em up with my crown vic.
That would require mo's speed shop in dallas Georgia...ask for marty...you can trot right down to the junkyard and get a
3.73 gearset out of an old explorer while you're at it...if you're lucky it'll have a posi already in it
@@wrenchski yeah, the 2:73 gears are killing me. take care.
@@wrenchski Watch out on the Explorer gear set as I wanted the posi so I purchased the complete rear diff. When my friend and I went to put the axles back in my Ranger we discovered the Explorer had 31 splines, Ranger 28 and axle shafts were different lengths.
@@bradarmstrong8959 crown vics/grand marquis have 31 spline 2006 and up...maybe earlier...kurt, you'll LOVE what the 3.73 does to that car...if you can only afford to do one thing that's the way to go...if you don't do a lot of highway driving go with the 4.10
AAAH. Another blood sacrifice to the Mopar Gods!!! lol As soon as i heard those tires start to squeel, i knew uncle Tone did his magic. BRAVO!!!
I feel like he was trolling us with ol’ fluxie ll.
That was one of the sketchiest things I’ve ever seen. All that was missing was the cowboy hat 🤠
Remember, too much converter with highway gears will really heat up the trans! A big trans cooler is a must with high stall and highway gears. Actually the cooler is a must with high stall speed converters and any gear ratio on the street.
The few auto trans cars I have all got coolers. They are cheap and totally worth it.
This Charger has a stock converter.. it will be fine.
A tight converter like Tony stated means basically stock. A loose converter would have a higher stall speed than what he's working with.
Nice " butcher" work on that distributor. car definitely leaves better. She ain't never gonna be a 60 footer with those gears and that weight but quite an improvement anyway. Thanks for the lessons Professor Uncle Tony
Did no one else notice that the tack weld on the pin was what was actually limiting the travel in that distributor?
Good new ol Fluxie to the rescue! I hope you remembered to tighten the distributor clamp bolt before he left though. I spun a couple of rod bearings in a 454 by forgetting to do it. The bolt backed off and the distributor climbed the cam gear enough to stop turning the oil pump.
"Optimise what you got" a philosophy for life!!
It's a great philosophy. You make small accomplishments all the time instead of just buying your way past difficulty.
Love the t-s just bought two. With shipping to canada and all (the conversion rate) it was a pretty penny. But I just had to.
Why does it seem as though Tony has no patience for working on cars and always looks so frantic? I see no fineness, everything gets manhandled and then he tries to catch his breath afterward. I like a little more attention to detail myself.
When you get good at a skill you can do that 😂😂
Ive known alot of guys his age work like that. They are always in a hurry to get it done. I think partly because they have done it 2,000 times and they are sick of it. Also he is only doing it for the video. And i think he gets anxious about video length. When i was first learning my dad would come out and help show me something and he would be same way. Then we would start arguing because i didnt like how he was tossing my stuff around and gorillaing shit. Haha one time im putting a cam in a 318... Well its about 3/4 way in. Then is stuck. Without seeing why even my dad grabs a mallet and starts hammering the cam in!!! Im like Wtf! Stop! Took a second. Finally he does. We both look and see a rag wedged between the front cam bearing and a lobe.... Horrible. But my dad owned his own repair shop for years...
@@sniperpronerfmods9811 it almost seems like he's annoyed with tasks sometimes. I'm a commercial/residential painter, rushing through jobs in that profession won't fly. You'll end up with shit results every time. I suppose that may not be a problem for wrenching on cars but for painting it just doesn't work if you want professional results.
@@ronprice7495 I suppose I can relate to that. I've been painting for a little over 20 years. You do something so many times and it can become easy to not have as much patience as you once had for a particular task. Also having done something countless times you know exactly what the next step in the process is and you're just trying to get the job done and out of your hair. This can probably cause you to appear frantic.
Smooth is fast. This ain't smooth.
whether you weld the inside edge or the outside edge of the dist slots the phasing is the same either way.
14:45 The AC clutch bearing is starting to lock up (or the plate clearance it too tight ) and is turning the clutch plate. There is a small chance there is electrical leakage that is partly engaging the clutch. Either way, this needs fixed. Also, make sure the valve on the heater hose is shut off, no use running this in the summer.
I noticed the ac too
I noticed that. Most likely not enough air gap. Not the clutch bearing as it should not turn at all when disengaged.
@@jimmyraythomason1 The Chrysler RV2 compressor ( along with the York / Tecumseh used on Fords of that era ) had the bearing between the pulley and drive plate then the whole assembly is mounted to the compressor shaft. When the bearing locks up the whole assembly will rotate and turn the compressor.
The GM A6 and most any modern round aluminum compressor has the bearing mounted between the pulley and a snout on the front of the compressor and the drive plate mounts on the compressor shaft. If this bearing locks up, it will lock the pulley and burn the belt off.
This channel is great! Greetings from Sweden!!
More swedes!
I hear that American cars are huge in Sweden. ( From the USA, missing my early 80's SAAB 900 . . . )
Yes, more swedes! 1964 Imperial, huge car!
@@bobroberts2371 Yes that's true, someone in a documentary about American cars in Sweden, said about 500 000, and we are about only 11 million people here.
Heja Sverige. Anorher swede here (proud saab 9-5 owner) this channel is awsome. Miss my -66 dart gt
I seen people throw in the towel on engines because they got the "biggest and baddest" parts and the vehicle never would run as expected. Getting too much cam, too much intake, not enough radiator, etc. Sometimes just mild upgrades make a better performing vehicle. People also fail to take into account tire size, gear ratio, and stall speed of the convertor.
If I see one more Boston market commercial I'm going to smash my phone I cannot stand that man's voice
Even just changing the converter would wake this car up..it would feel like it has a set of 3.55's just by a converter swap!
Then add 3.55's the car would really come alive off the line! or lower gearing if he wants a serious light to light car!
I agree. I recently passed over an M Body because it had 2.20 gears.
M bodies are great cars. Very under appreciated. And i think the gear is technically 2.23 (maybe im wrong?). i have an 86 5th ave with a 7 1/4 with that gear. Gets fantastic highway mpg. I ditched all lean burn and emissions stuff. And im averaging 22 highway. They handle very well. Kinda rougher ride. Especially compared to my 74 newport... Heck where is this car you passed on? Im looking for another fleet member... ? Lol
If Garret is lucky he could find a rear axle same as his with 3.55s already in it (Chrysler put 3.55s in just about everything) and swap rear ends. faster and cheaper than buying a gear set and install!
@@DougsterWolverineGarage much less pain in the ass for sure to swap the whole rearend.
Again, awesome job! I remember taking my distributor to the speed shop and having Ed put it on the old "SUN" machine and dialing it in! Ha," dialing in a distributor, " A lost art now days!
I still have mine. ! Old school always.
I wish I had one of those machines today. Back in high school at my Vo-Tech we had one of those machines.
@@andrewbutton5580 Where are the days you had to manually adjust the distributor while driving. Those were the real old times, for real men. No magic mumbo jumbo with automatic advance and counterweights and springs. Just pure piloting skill.
Flash a new curve... no real difference except no spatter rattling around in to distributor, lol
When young I had gears like that on a car with 351C, so frustrating. On the highway nothing was going to beat me, but off the line a kid with a tricycle would take the first 20 feet.
One down and a ways to go! Uncle T- get Garrett some proper gears!
This is hot rodding 101, working with what you have and optimizing it without spending a bunch of money. Yes it will come out of the hole harder with more rear gear but let’s tune what we have first. Genius.
Damn, I laughed good when I saw that T-shirt. That's something I used to say, right there. :-D
That kid is did some good work and all, but you gotta tell him to pitch the fan shroud!!!
Why?
@@ronprice7495 uncle Tony hates shrouds for some reason.
It`s never going to hold together with that duct tape missing. js
LOL
I agree, duct tape the spider gears together
@@williamsanders468 Anybody that`s fooled with duct tape knows he cut 90 miles an hour off the top end.
I mean...they don`t call it 90 mile an hour tape for nothin.
And he`s supposed to be "an old school hot rodder" Pfftt.
I got my information from "The Duct Tape Messiah". Google that!
@@willythewave I wonder how much power it would take to rip the tape from the spider gears and how much tape you need to hold it together
@@williamsanders468 About a roll.
I on team “needs a gear “ if it was me that would be next! Hands down! it will feel like a different car! 4:10!!
Or a 4:30 gear.
Excellent video. Absolutely gold..👍🏼👍🏼
OMG!!! WELL HELLO!!! Somebody knows what he's talking about...GET YOU SOME FUN..
Really like the new fuel feed and that carb looks sweet! This thing sounds PERFECT!
I still say he can run them stock 2.08 gears with 15" tall tires golf cart tires or something and be like 5.06's at the track!
I want that car! Love the 75-78 Chargers.
CULT LEADER UTG!!!
UT sure knows a lot of old school tricks to squeeze performance out of engines on a budget. Great job UT 👍
His stuff runs like garbage..still waiting for some actual. numbers
If you only knew who Uncle Tony really is !!!!
@@hotrodray6802 who is really UT?
@@n2vxc I don’t see your videos… Oh wait I’ve mistaken you for a keyboard warrior. “Keep on typing!!!”
Find a 9-1/4. I have 2 of them from my 79 300's.
Station wagons with the tow package had them too.
I wasnt aware those 79 300's had a 9 1/4. Thought that was a c body rear end. You would think it would be wide in that. Considering my 73 imperial must be wider than these cordobas...
@@ronprice7495 no sir. Factory 9-1/4 b body housing. And i did find one out of a late 70's coronet wagon with a suregrip and the tow package with the Factory Trans cooler and power steering cooler! All sits in my 79' 300.
The 79 300 came with all the cop car heavy duty stuff as part of the 300 package
E58 360
727 non lock up
Dual exhaust
9-1/4 3:21
Bigger torsion bars
11-3/4 front disc with the bigger drums in the back
And in Canada, no cats
@@ronprice7495 and if you like I do have a video of them on my old channel that li can't access anymore (thanks Hotmail)
Called 1979 chrysler 300 t top
I love the way old cars sound
Awesome shirt Awesome videos
Your channel is kick ass. Just wanted to say that besides the great motor information on all engine but it also helped me have the conference to port my dirt bike engine starting small with my bike 450cc. cut 1 cylinder for a engine from top to bottom and that’s my 4 stroke. I thought financially it would hurt less if I mess up but everything turned out great started small wish I could leave a picture just having someone explaining the what/where and why is awesome thanks for the channel.
Oh that sounds so good!
Never ceases to amaze me how badly people over-cam a car.
All he needs is heads/intake/header to use the cam. no need to pull the front off again...
Especially with tall gearing.
I suspect he bought the cam for a lumpy idle -- and that's it.
Gears and a loose converter would make a big difference
I'm sure it was selected primarily for the sound it makes, which i understand cause it sounds great but that low compression smog bog motor desperately needs a cam that can build some cylinder pressure.
@@thefinalroman no, I bet his brakes suck and it pulls through his converter. He has headers already and his intake is already a 4bbl, not gonna improve his holeshot with an aluminum one.
Couldn't you find a bigger car?
Ahh the old smog bog. My brothers 72 caprice with a 400/400 and 2.73 gears would lay rubber all the way thru first which was about 45mph it went from 2nd to 3rd at about 100. Somewhere around 150 or 120mph speedo needle out of the window it started to get a little floaty on that cruiser suspension. Lol that was also pretty sketchy. Lol
The UT dojo of auto hijinks... "you can leave when you can snatch the car keys from my hand"
So nice to see a holley carb...
Why ? Ive never had any luck w them i was always changing jets and tinkering witb it slapped a spreadbore. Q jet back on and never looked back better milage and throttle response and better kick when romped on it too all around way better carb and this was not only once ive bought several a holleys on them and same same thing maybe they work good on fords and .mopars idk
@@glennmanchester9151 Ive been modifying holleys for a very long time and (my opinion) they are so much easier to modify every circuit and tune much easier than any carb. Now granted its easier for me to say that since thats where my experience lies but most guys i know would also agree w that.
Great video. ET whittling is so much fun. I wish UT would have done a before and after 1/8 mile with the GTech. Probably would have been a half second or so.
Man! I’m glad that I gave away my Unilite, and Accell distributors. I’m running a MSD, and weights and springs are a breeze to change. I feel bad for you Christler guys
And the advance stops are easier to change, and pretty much right on
Garrett I am glad y'all got your car safe. Good job
When you put a big cam, carb, and high rise single plane on a stock low compression small block on a 4000 lb car.....no low end power.
It's a domino effect that people fail to acknowledge...if your putting a giant bump stick in to move more air... you have to have heads that flow.more air you cant jam a thumper cam through stock 318 or 1.88 360 heads speedmaster 2.02 aluminum heads with .600 valve springs are 1200 for a pair yeah they arent perfect heads but damn sure better than stock low compression cast iron heads but then again it has standard bore. Shes probably loose with low compression pistons...so turbo it 😁
Yes a gear change would definitely help.
Check your brake adjustment to 60/40 or 70/30 so the front brakes are holding more for getting those rear tires a bit looser. Just be very careful on wet roads braking the rear can come around on you if using as daily driver if you have to make a quick stop.
Get yourself a couple of plastic totes (to keep the stuff organized) and take everything except your legal paperwork out of the car, loose change, spare parts, tools, spare anything you might lose 100 lbs or more.
Great improvement and good luck in learning.
Check with Uncle Tony about best tire pressures to run for the heaviness of that car.
Thing is you have it right. First get the engine to be happy and the powertrain. Second would be getting use to how she is being happy. Then worry about the gearing in the back.
Tall gears work ok for bracket racing.
Need to make stickers of that shirt I would buy 1 for all my cars
Pay attention to the tools UT uses and how he uses them. Yes, a screwdriver is a screwdriver, but using that long one and the position of his operating hand gives more torque and control.
That Cam!!!! God i love that chop!!!
This rocket scientist does not comment maliciously but offers an opinion. If the comments are getting to you, maybe you should turn them off. I quite enjoy this channel and hope any comments will be accepted in the spirit they were intended. Now change the gears or swap the cam!
Turning the comments off would hurt this channel.
Can we start a GoFundMe to buy this dude some lower gears? I'll chip in the first 15 bucks and I'm dead serious. Not trying to rag on his car, the engine sounds great but even my six cylinder, automatic trans Jeep with 200k miles and 31" tires will leave a 15ft long one wheel peel. Hell I've driven minivans that could do better burn outs. We need to fix this, ASAP!
The low buck approach is Garret needs to find an axle like his with the 3.55s already in it and swap axle out and voila! Mo Powa! Way cheaper than a gear set and dial indicator etc.
You guys didnt snug the distributor down that i noticed. Its possible it moved a few degrees while testing. Its funny cause my slug 74 chrysler newport would likely do better. And it just has a factory 2 barrel on it. But i guess a 400 would have more torque. Get the kid a motorhome 440 Tony! Haha
Hey uncle Tony that was great loosen his back brakes up so he has more breaks in the front and it will do a whole shot for sure I didn’t know if you thought of that but loosen them back brakes up those tires up it will go
Tony good man helps The kids 👍❤
Thanks for what you do Tony. Those style chargers don’t get the credit they deserve. Beautiful.
I agree and maybe prefer it over the the '67 Hemi.
Playing with distributors took me right back to the 90's
Personally I blame squirrels
Forgetting to tighten the distributor? Sketchy AF... Even by my standards! 😊👍
People need to understand it's sort of like The Factory was back in the day but you're not an opportunistic money-grubbing a-hole like Andy Warhol. You were honest about it from before it's opening.
🔔👍
That is the first time I have ever seen anybody point out that most guys weld up the wrong end of the slots.
I think that only you and me knew that. LOL.
👍👍👍 THANKS FOR SHARING.😎😎
Getting it Done.. Hands on Class..
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I need that shirt. I used that phrase just the other day diagnosing the problems on a rather questionable AR-15 build. You think there's some sketchy stuff go on in the automotive world? Try being a gun smith.
I still see "sporterized" SMLEs, SKSs, and Mosins in my nightmares. I still have flashbacks to Dremel Gremlin repairs on triggers and front sights.
Will you do any vids on 2.2? Not for power mods,, but within the group of cars that have no computers, and can fix many things with a screw driver.
Ive owned two K cars, and drove the snot out of them, passed one on to a friend who also drove the piss out of it for two years, before it had to be scrapped, just because of the body rot. I also drove one as a company car, and everyone who had access to it drove it like it was stolen. Those were all carb'd cars.
your vids have inspired me to go back to my years when I owned slants, but also going to look for a K car wagon with a carb'd 2.2
Hope to hear your comments on the early 2.2's
Thanks for the great videos
Hey Tony , you can also change his rims in the rear for 14s if he's got 15s , Or if they are bigger, it' will be a little help with your gear ratio . 👍
Bigger tires would make it higher geared
This is actually good advice. If you can even snag some low profile tires to get the final ratio closer to where you want it would be good
@@jacobhoffman5115 That's why he is saying to put smaller ones on.
It's on 14" rims already.
@@ScottKenny1978 I guess he will need some low profile tires to fix that. Or go to the junk yard and get a truck rear gear. Or better yet get a donor car.
Real talk utc it keeps getting better
My brother had a blue one. Bought it new. Electrics were bad - and strangely so. Seemed possessed.
Do not despair. I had a camaro with a most excellent headliner and t tops.
My original build was as it goes as what I have set up. Cam and gears almost identical. Long story short I recurved the distributor and got it all dialed in. One night it was about 70°f and I let it loose. With the t-tops off the headliner actually blew out of the car.
Bottom line....7200 RPM in high gear, 2:41 rear gear, automatic transmission, 31" tires. Speedometer broke a long long time ago.
I broke the leaf springs a few times and cracked the pillar on the driver side on the journey to the tune. And a 6'4" fat man dove out of the car during power break burn out.
Ol' gal camaro set off car alarms everywhere I went.
Cheers
Oh and if anyone is wondering. Yes I had installed the cam a few degrees retarded to move the power band into the highest rpm cam intake and exhaust would allow.
We all don't float in the same boat.
At least he'll make it to work tomorrow
A studio for producing RUclips videos. Call it TONYWOOD. Also put the shortest tires you can find on the back when you take that thing to the track.
I have never said this before but; I think that car would look great with some exhaust dumps coming out through the bottom of the fender just behind the front wheel, polished ones
As soon as you popped off that reluctor wheel I saw the cut on your hand (not even fazed) I'm the same way, "if I ain't bleedin I ain't workin"...lol
My dad used to say no job is done right till the blood is spilled. Somehow it has always worked that way, he must have been right.