318 Retards Under Load?
Gas sat for a solid 24 hours before the jar got grabbed and dumped into a buddy's car, along with the gas pumped out from idling on the bowl =/... Looked and smelled pretty pure to me, and his car hasn't slapped him in the face yet, so I think we can rule out bad gas.
Got about 1/3 of a gallon idling with the fuel line disconnected from the carb, so can I assume it would probably be worth grabbing a fuel pump? If I'm on the wrong track here, let me know!
I'll pull apart the carb when I get a chance, and take a look at things. I tried the launching in 1st idea in January, definitely not a transmission deal. Shifting into 2nd out of 3rd brings rpms up, too, but you still get no acceleration.
Definitely not exhaust, even if the mufflers had plugged, I also tried running it with my cutouts off, basically straight headers, still no change, except in sound level.
Did the car originally had electronic ignition from the factory or was it converted?
The car was, long ago, originally a /6, and I'm not sure if this 318 was the first motor swap or not, but the harnesses all appear correct, and it had been running quite nicely nearly every day for well over a year, when this oddball problem showed up. The block is an early 80's casting number, I believe the rotating assembly is basically stock with KB 167's, the heads are 360's, machined down, the cam is a Mopar Purple 360, the ignition is now a Mopar Chrome box (was a basic stock replacement), MSD Blaster 2 coil, the appropriate ballast, MSD wires, new plugs, and a stock replacement distributor, which I didn't get a replacement for. Yet.
I'm planning on picking up an '85 360 this weekend, and probably keeping the 318 as a backup, so this fix really isn't pressing, but I'll still be waiting on an oil pan and flexplate for the 360, so I'm still working on the fix for the 318.
I have a 318, does that mean I'm retarded?
I wouldn't say that... I mean, I'm clearly insane, but I wouldn't call you retarded!
