LocuMob
Fluid Technician
Was there an issue with the old hat, or did you need a different one with the injection? You've done so much since getting the car, I've forgotten all that's been done.
1969 Dodge Dart Pro-Street 440
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Yea the carb scoop is not worthy of efi. It’s more looks then anything.
Your the one with a cool car. I’m just trying to keep pace!!
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
Thank you, I wish that were the case, my avatar is my motivation. The car has even more piled on it since I took this picture. I hope to change that in the next few months.
It will be a GT clone, and somewhat of a Hemi clone, mostly the fiberglass bits.
Well after racking my brain and getting help from the experts I found out the computer was bad!
So sent it back to Holley and they sent me a new one with a new O2 sensor!!!!
Holley you rock!!!
Well going to put them in the car and will try again.
So sent it back to Holley and they sent me a new one with a new O2 sensor!!!!
Holley you rock!!!
Well going to put them in the car and will try again.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
That's the type of service that keeps people buying. Glad to hear it worked out for you. Now get that car rocking!
Well throttle cable installed. Just need a stronger spring.
I also got the car to start and run!
Crappy part is that it pops. Like back fires in the exhaust. So I think I just need to take some fuel out of it and we should be back in business. Hopefully. Then I can terminate all the connections and make it permanent. Yeayyyyyy. (Fingers crossed)
I also got the car to start and run!
Crappy part is that it pops. Like back fires in the exhaust. So I think I just need to take some fuel out of it and we should be back in business. Hopefully. Then I can terminate all the connections and make it permanent. Yeayyyyyy. (Fingers crossed)
Well got a Fuuuuuuck ton done! Not much was picture worthy.
Got the car to run, idle (at 575 rpm!), and rev! The computer and O2 were bad and Holley got new ones sent to me. I hooked up everything and the thing would still not run. After much monkeying around I found out I fouled out the plugs from trying to start it full rich 9,000,000 times. So new plugs (hotter). Then I got copper headder gaskets and welded the piss out of the exhaust, they said any pin hole leak could effect the O2 readings. Now she runs like a champ.
Ooooooonly took me 1.1 years to figure all that out.
Now I’m permently wiring the car now that I know everything works. So you can see the mass of wires are 80% gone. Cut. Trimmed and terminated. Still a bunch to go.....
I also wanted the racers feel to the car so my wife printed me these vynal decals to put on the quarter window. I don’t have a real class or a NHrA listener number, but it looks good enough for now.
Got the car to run, idle (at 575 rpm!), and rev! The computer and O2 were bad and Holley got new ones sent to me. I hooked up everything and the thing would still not run. After much monkeying around I found out I fouled out the plugs from trying to start it full rich 9,000,000 times. So new plugs (hotter). Then I got copper headder gaskets and welded the piss out of the exhaust, they said any pin hole leak could effect the O2 readings. Now she runs like a champ.
Ooooooonly took me 1.1 years to figure all that out.
Now I’m permently wiring the car now that I know everything works. So you can see the mass of wires are 80% gone. Cut. Trimmed and terminated. Still a bunch to go.....
I also wanted the racers feel to the car so my wife printed me these vynal decals to put on the quarter window. I don’t have a real class or a NHrA listener number, but it looks good enough for now.
Well the water pump housing does not have a recess for a restrictor plate. Nor does the t stat housing...
The engine builder says no t stat. The radiator company becool said to use one. Or a restrictor plate minimum. That the water moves through the engine too fast with out it.
So I decided to work backwards. I installed a GM t stat from a cutlass. 195*. It was like .005 too big for the hole in the water pump house. So I filed a few of the edges and crammed it in. Fits super right so it should not leak or fall out.
I started the car. Let it run. Burped the system. And let it run some more. Temp stayed at 190 the whole time.
So far so good.
The engine builder says no t stat. The radiator company becool said to use one. Or a restrictor plate minimum. That the water moves through the engine too fast with out it.
So I decided to work backwards. I installed a GM t stat from a cutlass. 195*. It was like .005 too big for the hole in the water pump house. So I filed a few of the edges and crammed it in. Fits super right so it should not leak or fall out.
I started the car. Let it run. Burped the system. And let it run some more. Temp stayed at 190 the whole time.
So far so good.
roccodart440
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Gut a factory thermostat.
Poor mans restrictor plate.
Poor mans restrictor plate.
Haha tried that first. The hole in the t stat is the same size as the -20 hose outlet. I was like welllllppp
Well I added a fuel pressure gauge to the Holley system so I could keep a eye on that massive fuel pump.
Took it on her first efi drive to a car show and wine first place in the mopar category. Yeayy!
Found a few bugs. First one is that the voltage regulator gets suuuper hot and the car does not charge. 11.8 volts is what I saw the whole way home. I think I don’t have enough alternator for the car now that there is all these electronics in there.
Took it on her first efi drive to a car show and wine first place in the mopar category. Yeayy!
Found a few bugs. First one is that the voltage regulator gets suuuper hot and the car does not charge. 11.8 volts is what I saw the whole way home. I think I don’t have enough alternator for the car now that there is all these electronics in there.
Mounted the Holley 7.5” on the overhead rollbar. I had some 3” rubber insulated hose straps. I just drilled a new hole in the back of them to make a stud and connected it to the back with the factory hardware.
I can’t get a wrench back there so they are just finger tight but, the rubber is in the way so the nuts cant back off. And I must have a good amount of pressure on the because the mout is nice and stiff.
I can’t get a wrench back there so they are just finger tight but, the rubber is in the way so the nuts cant back off. And I must have a good amount of pressure on the because the mout is nice and stiff.
famous bob
mopar misfit
PLATE W/ A 5/8" HOLE IN IT WORKED FOR ME ON A DIFF ENGINE ----------
Got a pic? How did you put it in the water pump housing?
famous bob
mopar misfit
Just made it the same outside diameter as a thermostat , about the same thickness as the thin therm. flange , w/ a 5/8" hole in the middle . SET IN EXACTLY WHERE THE THERM. DID .
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