Recent content by elementaltoad

I put it all back together with a new power brake booster, runs great now:

I finally has some time and decent weather after the holidays to dig back into the car. I tried tuning the carb but it was all over the place. It wanted to be super rich on the passenger side mixture screw, and still seemed lean. I started spraying some carb cleaner around the intake and...

I love the show, the history and historical accuracy of their builds interests me a lot. BUT, and I know it sounds weird coming from a 28 year old guy - his daughter adds nothing to the show. I don't mind giving her a chance to learn, if she actually seemed interested in cars. By all means I'd...

This is how I want my Scamp to sit. I saw from your garage journal it has SS springs? What size tires are on it? I like the tall height "tough muscle car" look. Mine sits so low it reminds me of the old Cadillacs.

My POS 1974 Scamp. I think it's just tired and wants to be a parts car, or get recycled into cans.

It's a stock long block as far as I know. Don't have the tools here yet for a compression check, but it is a new motor, something like 17k miles on it. I put the silver springs (8") back in and it gets up and goes pretty good for a stock 318 when I go WOT, so I am going to step back down to the...

I have been working on a 1974 Scamp that I got in a trade, the car has a ATK DD03 replacement longblock, Edelbrock 4bbl 1406 and a rebuilt 904 transmission. So far I have: Rebuilt the 1406 with stock jets and rods, set t-port sync, installed orange springs (5" HG) Installed a new distributor...

Sorry they are Lexan, and they are oversized by 1" on the perimeter. I removed the chrome/stainless trim from the windshield, rear window, and drip rails. I found tons of dirt, leaves, and mud caked into the backside of the trim and in the channels around the window. Plenty of rust to deal with...

I have been looking into oversized windows for my Scamp after I pulled all the trim off. I was never a fan of the large trim around them since they just seem to collect debris and cause rust. Does anyone know if these are made or where they could be purchased? I saw that Optic Armor seems to...

I rewatched the video and I definitely get the thip vs the thap - milled heads as much as possible, stuff in a big cam, you'll get tons of thap! I think you are going to want to mill the heads so you can bump the compression to something closer to 14:1 and run as much duration as you can. My...

These are cheap thrush glasspacks on my cammed 5.3 '89 Formula. Terrible muffler, but the previous owner put them on to get by. I have LTs and a SLP Loudmouth going on it. If you are determined to go with a "glasspack" go with a Borla XR1, Dynomax bullet, Magnaflow, SLP, etc. All they are is a...

Well the car is back up and running. I finished rewrapping and looming the engine bay portion of the wiring harness. I also did a fleet bypass. 2AWG wire from alternator stud to the battery directly, 2AWG from battery to starter directly, then a 4AWG to the relay, and a 4AWG to a distribution...

Hopefully minimal, it was rebuilt before I got the car about 17k miles ago. When I had it running, shortly before I ripped the pickup wire in half - timing was steady and I didn't get any erratic readings. Once I finish up the harness, fleet bypass, and feel safe driving it, it will be getting a...

That's good to know, I was afraid it was beginning to overheat. I bought two new ones, a Mopar Orange/blue box and some off brand box. The Mopar box has the same sticky gel like packing in the back of it while the off brand has an epoxy fill. I wonder if it would be ok to fill the old one with...

I probably just imagined it honestly, it ran horrible when I got it and all I had was a cheap HF light. I think I just caught it going ATDC since idle was set at -5* and it stumbled, choked and stalled off idle. so every time I caught the mark with the light it looked like it was going the wrong...