No sh!t, as soon as I hit ‘post reply’, Drew says to come out…
Build 1964 FJ45 Short Bed Fixed Top Pickup Restoration
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We are in business my friends
Going back in the lab, but here’s a quick clip of the kitty purring…
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Pretty satisfying.
We’ve got the dizzy back out and gutted to lock out the mechanical and vacuum advance:
Mechanical advance locked out:
Mechanical advance locked out:
Once the vac advance is locked out, we will re-install the distributor and calibrate all of the ignition settings to have it running fully controlled by the Sniper.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
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Cool.
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26.5 months. A lot of people involved to get to this day. Thank you.
Turns out we were running 15 degrees regarded yesterday. Here it is with a very conservative (normal) timing curve:
Next week we make her driveable
Lots of wild s*** has happened in those months.
I just stopped by the shop for a few minutes and, of course, had to fire up Rotunda to rev it a few times.
The videos are misleading, this thing purrs like a kitten. Most of the noise you hear if you listen on a phone is the massive vacuum whoosing from the IAC w/o an air cleaner, and the ticking of the injectors. That's how quiet the engine is. The exhaust is not much louder than factory level.
But when you goose it and open the throttle blades up enough to really let it breathe ....
Holy hell - It goes from smooth soccer mom to throbbing silverback on a rampage
This will be fun
The videos are misleading, this thing purrs like a kitten. Most of the noise you hear if you listen on a phone is the massive vacuum whoosing from the IAC w/o an air cleaner, and the ticking of the injectors. That's how quiet the engine is. The exhaust is not much louder than factory level.
But when you goose it and open the throttle blades up enough to really let it breathe ....
Holy hell - It goes from smooth soccer mom to throbbing silverback on a rampage
This will be fun
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Here’s something really cool that’s been cooking behind the scenes…
Remember the hot rod knobs we put in to replace the abandoned Throttle & Choke cable pulls?
We actually tuned those into electrical pull switches for the lockers. I gave @thecrazygreek a shout to see if he could make some custom pull knobs. He said, “say less”
They showed up last night. Check these bad boys out!
Remember the hot rod knobs we put in to replace the abandoned Throttle & Choke cable pulls?
We actually tuned those into electrical pull switches for the lockers. I gave @thecrazygreek a shout to see if he could make some custom pull knobs. He said, “say less”
They showed up last night. Check these bad boys out!
Those look right at home!!! Glad I could contribute!
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They look excellent next to that FD knob as well.
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Here is another monumental event. This thing has doors and drives on the road. Looks really good doing so as well.
Man, lots going on here that doesn’t translate well to threads posts, but HOLY FRICK !!!
This thing is a beast!
This thing is a beast!
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You could at least give us a photo or something. Sheesh.
Fuggit, Let’s cut straight to video
Here’s an early run, before much tuning to the the timing table. This has 3.70 gears and we are probably revving up to 5K here. It is moving
Here’s an early run, before much tuning to the the timing table. This has 3.70 gears and we are probably revving up to 5K here. It is moving