The 15 miles you put on it = 60 trips down the track!



Here I am poking fun and I dont even know if mine will start!

Kevin S in Akron, Ohio

But once you get it rolling WOW! Chuck in NH

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Now that will be asking for trouble. With the 3.08 gear, it won't get all of that moving very easily.


Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie, I got it all figured out. Put a tow bar on that firebird and drag that truck to Columbus. [That is if you really have a truck]

  Dennis in Lititz PA

I haven't done much with them yet. I pulled a couple yesterday during lunch and they looked hardly used, which I guess is expected with only about 15 miles on them.

I'm not going to take it to Columbus, again, this year. I feel like I'll be rushing it. The last time I did that, I had to turn around in Tennessee. I have a lot of other stuff to get done between now and then, too.


Lawrenceville, GA

Hey Charlie, what happened with the new plugs?

Stil superheating?

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Wise decision, with the kind of compression you have.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

It's a Holley Street Avenger 570. I have 60s in the primaries (richer), and changed the secondary diaphragm spring. Everything else is "out of the box".

My sensor has 3 lights. One for lean, one for rich, and one for just right. I erred on the safe side and jetted it until the rich light started to come on.


Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie.  What carb are you running and what jets?  Are the jets the ‘as supplied’ jet sizes or have you changed them?  In regards to oxygen probes or sensors, I find some variability between them and sometimes as much as a full point so you have to give them some latitude when using the numbers generated by them.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I think that Charlie's engine is a bit different than the average motor in our everyday drivers. It has some increased efficiency heads and a "real" compression ratio. Both of which allow the engine to run with decreased spark lead.

My 312 has some "C" heads of unmeasured chamber volume - and it has a composition head gasket - not the original steel shim style Ford put in there. It has nothing near the advertised compression ratio......and no head porting or valve upsizing - bone stock stuff. Because of its lower efficiency - the fire has to have a head start when trying to build cylinder pressure (make power).

Charlie's choice of the increased initial lead and a more reduced centrifugal advance - for a total of 34° is not at all unreasonable for the combination he has. Once he has chosen an advance set-up - he then goes about building a carburetor fuel curve to suit it. If it is dipping lean at some point in the "curve" - it could explain the plug situation.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona