I was dicking around with the fuel line from the pump to carb the other night & when I was done thought all was fine. Jumped in the car yesterday to go shoot the breeze with Bad440 Mike & had myself a good old fashioned fuel leak. Didn't want to change clothes yesterday so I left it for today & went to Mike's in the truck. Pulled the secondary bowl off today & cleaned the needle & seat & that fixed the problem but while I was poking around I noticed a vacuum cap severely cracked & obviously leaking badly. Luckily, I found a spare in the toolbox & when I capped it off it took care of a noticeable off idle bog I thought was a tuning issue & the throttle response is now absolutely tremendous. I went out & pissed the new neighbors off for about 20 minutes & couldn't believe the difference that tiny vacuum cap made.
I have to say that the little 318 is now kicking way more *** than I had imagined when I first set out to wake it up. I've now amassed all the components for my 8.75 swap with 3:23 SG & have that on the radar with the TF-2 kit for the tranny in the next 2-3 weeks. I'm excited to get those done.
On the other hand, I still haven't gotten the center console brackets welded in yet & I have the template, mounting brackets, complete console, shifter & linkage in the garage collecting dust. I really need to get that back on track. Hopefully soon. I've let being so far out be my excuse for not making progress. I need to get my eye back on the ball.
Also I picked up a Mopar Performance air cleaner from Mike & cleaned it up & threw it on today. Not sure if I like it better than the Moroso that was there before. Maybe it will grow on me. What do you guys think? Keep it, or go back to the Moroso?
