by gotmud7 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:26 pm
I took out and completely cleaned out the distributor and weights and all today. Still no advance.
I saw my next door neighbor Larry was in his garage, so I walked over and asked him about the mechanical advance. He said he "probably has some lighter springs at the shop, but its not going to help since it sounds like I have a burnt valve." (He was in his garage, in his car- but the vega was idleing in my driveway) And then he says, "I probably have a complete small block at the shop I'm never going to use. Can I drop it off tomorrow?" Um,,,,"OK".
Now what? I've already got the Don Hardy mount kit. If I take it easy, can I still use the air cooled TH350? I'll have to go back and read some of the old posts. I'll need some headers once I know what kind of heads.
A little back story. Larry drag races (Larry Wolyniec- Competition Motorsports). Ever hear of the Chi-town Hustler? He was part of that. How about the Crusher Camaro? He did the suspension. NMCA? He used to build those cars. Bill Miller Engineering top fuel funny car? He worked on that for about 5 years every weekend. The Track-Meter? He invented it.
He keeps most of his cars out at the Billet Specialties warehouse in LaGrange, IL. When those guys get a car, they pull the small blocks and put in a big block.
I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow. Mark
The only Vega's that only had a little rust were the ones still on the assembly line.