Cleanup winter project

[Heo]

My plans for this winter is to clean up the engine bay and rebuild the front end.


First i needed a load of birch wood so i get warm an cosy in the shop


My stock brake booster decided breakdown two hours before tecinspection some years ago so
made some brackets for the first booster i found in the barn from a Volvo 140, It worked fine.
But this summer when i got it running it had some issues. Really heavy pedal at first then boom
full boost. Well it was used when i found it so thought i mount another booster, well i had a Volvo
740 i got for a couple of years ago to take the overdrive for my Model A. My son had been driving it
since i got it but now it did not pass tec  to rusted out. The booster on that was dual diaphragm and
looked more like the stock booster, same BP for master cyl 



I had to pinch the fork At the end in the wise and make a adapter between the booster and the bracket for the
factory booster
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It was a Little hard to hold the booster with one hand and meassure so i made a test piece to see i had
the booster in the right place



I could not find my 60 mm hole saw so i started to install the MSD box and a duraspark distributor
i got from Drew Pojedinec then the dishwasher died, the computer died .But i have a 54 chevy
truck cab i had for ...30 years, tried to sell it for ten years no takers, just tire kickers although it have
no tires
 A guy call and want to buy it i doubled the previous price and yes he want it he want to pay
half the money down and the rest when he come and get it the next week. Some well needed play money for me
I   told him to pay when he come and get it and set a date.....not a word from him until a couple a days ago
when he call me ...he is at rehab and don't know when they let him out  so no playmoney there
Well i continued to clean up the wire harness and build a new harness for the MSD and when i came in last night from
the shop the washing machine had died This car is possessed as soon as i start working on it the rest of the
world falls apart



Anyone outthere that have a sticker like that for sale?

[machoneman]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WYNNS-Spit-Fire-Dragon-Original-Vintage-1960s-Racing-Decal-Sticker/202133453016?hash=item2f1017b8d8:g:u7UAAOSwY~1aIuiD

Easy!

[Heo]

Thanks Bob that was fast

Some previous owner have been a real Wynn's fan there is a Frictionprofing
water decal on both wentwindows

[Heo]

Here is my new ignition system. A MSD 6AL that is used 4 times down the dragstrip
before the VW it was in crasched and the MSD was about the only thing wort sawing
Found a NIB Vertex coil from god knows when for half the price he paid then

[Jim Comet]

did they have to snip wires on the MSD to make it work on a 4 cyl. If so can it be reversed? Jim

[Heo]

Yes but they are just cut so i can pull them out and solder them back together
and some shrinkhose over

[Heo]

Ha won the sticker on fleabay thanks Bob
https://www.ebay.com/itm/WYNNS-Spit-Fire-Dragon-Original-Vintage-1960s-Racing-Decal-Sticker-/202133453016
Now i only have to find a can of WYNNS spitfire to ad to the gasoline Anyone who now what that was?
 I just found an ad for it....Zapp it turn you car old or new to a powerpacked Super Beast . And there is a can on Ebay
Maby i need  new driveshafts

[machoneman]

Ha won the sticker on fleabay thanks Bob
https://www.ebay.com/itm/WYNNS-Spit-Fire-Dragon-Original-Vintage-1960s-Racing-Decal-Sticker-/202133453016
Now i only have to find a can of WYNNS spitfire to ad to the gasoline Anyone who now what that was?
 I just found an ad for it....Zapp it turn you car old or new to a powerpacked Super Beast . And there is a can on Ebay
Maby i need  new driveshafts

Way to go Heo!

[Heo]

Found out how to get the video posted here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3qCOEWIrJg&feature=youtu.be

Built a teststand to breakin the cam and check for possible oil leaks

[cjshaker]

Think it'll pass tech with no exhaust?

Sounds good and strong, Heo. Do you think you'll have it all back together for driving this Summer?
Looks like another FE block sitting on a table in the background.

[Heo]

Yes   in the car with 2 big Mercedes Mufflers it is to quiet but now teched for the last time
So im going 2.5 inch with some straight through mufflers.

The plans was big for the winter but  ....i have the wire harnes taken care of , the MSD
conected , im buildin a new bracket for the brake booster ...started on that adapter for the
booster but naaahhh i build new from the firewall. Winter is almost over so i finish the booster
bracket, build a new exhaust, recore the radiator and leave the rest to next winter
Better to drive with a uggly engine bay than have it torn down another summer

Yes thats the block for my stroker build on the table

[machoneman]

Nice vid Heo! But next time, please get one of those hot Nordic beauties in a skimpy bikini to work that throttle. Much better than seeing your image 

Found out how to get the video posted here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3qCOEWIrJg&feature=youtu.be

Built a teststand to breakin the cam and check for possible oil leaks

[Heo]

What!!! did you just call me uggly?
They where at the beach i had to work in the shop

[Heo]

Fabbed a Bracket for the new Booster and testfitted it.



Cleaned up the wireharnes ,used this braided "stocking"or what i shall call it. Liberated x meters
when i worked for the airforce. One nice thing with it it expands so much so easy to pull it over terminals
and if you need to take out a wire to you just poke with a nail or something between the threads
and you get an opening. I put shrinkhose over one end and pull it tight around the wires and then
shrinkhose over the other end. We had some stainless end clamps at the airforce but didn't liberated those



When i scrap a car i allways save the wireharnes they are a god source for fittings and multi coloured
wires. Red, Blue,Black,Yellow is easy to buy anywhere but say Red with a White stripe is impossible
around here
I used this fittings from a Volvo 240 to connect the distributor and the MSD





So now its plug and play

[Heo]

Have been down with flu for the last 3 weeks or so, forced my
self out in the shop today and mounted the brake booster and
MC. Crimped the last connectors and plugged in the MSD
and fired it up, it fired right up as soon as there was gas in carb
So now i have to start on the exhaust system, me and my father
bought a lift so now i don't have to crawl on the floor....to old and stiff
for that  nowadays

[Heo]

Got it outside today warning for heavy breathing in background
due to me wrestling it out without power steering  still recovering
from the flu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_3TFcleqNs
The Brake booster worked flawless
Here FElony you have the idle with a CompCams 282 S. 864 rpm here, 14 deg ign
390 .040 squish, streetmaster, 870 Holly ,Duraspark and MSD
Probably i can give it more ign and idle it down to 6-700

[Bolted to Floor]

Sounds great Heo. Tinkering with the car probably makes you feel better anyway.

[Heo]

Well i don't know if i feel better, completely exhausted .
I'm restless after 3 weeks more or less in bed so feels
nice to test drive it. And the new ignition and booster
and booster brackets i made works. And today the snow
finally started to thaw.
Been the worst winter i can remember spring is a couple
of weeks late
I hope i have the strengt to wash it to morrow

[gdaddy01]

What happen to your other I.D. picture ? almost did not recognize your post .

[turbohunter]

Boy do I feel you there.
I’m looking at it as a work out though. Keeps me young and purty.

[Heo]

Gdaddy its the postimage thats messing up

Yes Turbohunter i save the gym fees that way

[Heo]

Swaped carb to a 800 double pumper today. Wooow that realy made the engine wake up an smell the coffe
The 870 i had on seems to need a complete workover, engine was kind of Lazy with it. It run fine and smoth
but Lazy down low and high up

[Stangman]

Car sounds good Heo. Looks like you got a couple of inches of snow, were are you.

[Heo]

I'm in North of Sweden, right at the top of gulf of Bothnia
30 miles from the Finish border.
Yes this was the worst winter i can remember 44 inches of snow
down to 40 in the pics.
Last days the spring really kicked in so down to 25-30 inches now
Rained the whole night so that should have washed the salt away from the roads

[Heo]

I Built this engine last summer and got 500-600 miles on it.
I broke in the cam with Gulf Classic oil with zinc.
Changed to some special oil i don't remember the name, Methanol compatible
on recommendation of the guy that ported my heads.
He had just started to sell it so i was given a "Sample" was very sticky and
slippery on the fingers.
Anyway i got 5-600 miles on the engine last summer and thought
it lacked some power.  But as its 30 years since i built a 390 i thought i remember
them faster than they where. And 4000 lbs car with 2.82-1 and 29 inch tires so...
Had some blowby but the rings had a real big camfer in the gap.
But i had not time to send them back and wait for another set
I played a bit with the 870 i had first, got rid of the stumble but still lacking power
Changed for a recurved Duraspark from Drew Pojedineck and a MSD 6
changed to a 800 DP woke the engine up some. Changed oil  The headguy live 80 miles
from me so i didn't bother go there just for new oil. Bought Castrol magnatec from another friend.
While i was playing with the springs in dist and tested i had to lover the idle from time to time,
thought it was ignition related. The more i drove it the better it run...Idea..The rings is finally seating
with cheaper oil so today i have driven it accelerated, shifted manually, enginebraking, runs much better now
No sign of blowby from the filler cap really Strong down low now pulls strong as long as i dare to keep my boot
in the boiler room, 6000 i guess no tac.  Kickdown at 65 mph it just roars and take of so the dog starts to tremble
and show its teeth's
Higher vaccum the trans have better shift points
Must have been the oil was to slick to seat the rings

Now i believe the 400+hp. Feels stronger than the wife's SL 500 that's about same weight and 328 hp DIN Net
Translates to approximately 400 SAE Gross
She beat me in topspeed though i suspect... 298 kmh

[Heo]

Finally a new exhaust. Just need to shorten the rubber strap
on the left hanger so the pipes are the same height
Sounds better IRL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFJOJ9wDWms
Testing and tuning a little, close now i think maybe
i try bigger primary jets
And i really need to get rid of the 2.72 rear gear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX2i23Ssd4U

[My427stang]

Much better

[Heo]

Nothing much happened this winter. had big plans but
new windows for the house came between
Got the new waterpump and radiatorhoses today, the
radiator is at the radiatorshop for a recore got a call yesterday
that i could come and get it so Monday or Tuesday i go and get it

[Heo]

Got the re cored radiator today. Ouch how expensive a re core
is today, But i refuse to buy a Aluminium radiator. I also got some
brackets from the powdercoater......I dont know, i think they are
a bit to "flat" needs slight more shine compared to the undisturbed
stock paint under hood

and got this two helpers when i tried to take the pics

[cjshaker]

I like the Swedish vintage Ford advertisement.

I've had to have a couple radiators recored where I work, out of necessity since no replacements were available. They were real expensive too. The guy who had the shop told me that cores are very expensive and hardly anyone does it anymore because buying a new imported part is cheaper. He's right, there used to be a radiator shop in nearly every town when I was growing up. Now this guys shop is the only one around for a long ways, and he's 4 towns away, about 40 miles.

[Stangman]

Car sounds good Heo. Radiator looks great. My uncle had a radiator shop, I worked there from 86-91 he did a lot of recores. I painted them when he was done. Then when he was done he went home. I was always there by myself. Your right Doug it’s a lost art.

[Heo]

Doug, Here is the whole "poster"

I got it from my younger sister she has a Media company and had some book
with famous advertisement with this picture in it so she blew it up and made a poster for me
It says  Everywhere you hear the same question.
Have you driven the new Ford V8 ? It is the first thing you See when you step in to my house
have to tease my Chevy friends


Yes the Core was about 700 $ .
The work about 90$ i don't say anything about that
This guy is the closest to me now, 80 miles. Started in 75
so probably retired soon. It is the big machines like wheelloader
and trucks that keep him in business and occasionally some vintage
radiator there was a Ford-37 and a Packard-37 radiator there now

Sanded down top of the radiator support and gave it a quick spaybomb job
have to do over the summer.

Found a Ford meatclever in the barn but it was a ugly mof....have a better one someplace I put back the
stock one since i had no cooling issues and now i have a core with better performance