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How much did you put into the Edelbrocks as far as porting goes?
It was a very light clean up. The intakes were gasket matched and the pinch areas were smoothed out. A little bowl blending and that's about it. It wasn't being built to be a max effort engine. We were just correcting things a little.
I drove the Dart to a show last night about 10 minutes from my house. It always causes my anxiety to flare up pulling into a show. Something about everyone looking at me and my car. I know it's all in my head, but it still it's very real to me. So I'm backing into a spot that my buddy saved for me and when I put the car into Park I could tell something wasn't right with the shifter. I was still in reverse. So I shut the engine off and put the parking brake on and got out like nothing was wrong (remember, people are still watching and staring). Turns out that the cable end had come loose from the shift lever at the transmission, right on top of my scorching hot header. At least it stayed together long enough for me to back into a spot.
I decided to let things cool down a little and walk the show and have a beer or two with my friends. I called member VOETOM and he brought his Barracuda up so we got to hang out for a while. When the show was over Tom crawled under the car and put the trans in Drive. I started it up and drove home without incident.
I had been meaning to adjust the shifter because the 2-3 shift required that you hit the shifter twice for some reason? I read the instructions again and they said that the cable needs be installed with the trans and shifter in first gear. I'm pretty sure everything was in Park when we hooked it up. I'm hoping that's the problem. Of course, the hardware that holds the cable to the trans lever is long gone, probably somewhere on the road to the show. I'll have to try and find a more permanent way to connect the cable.
