A little trivia for ya: Ford couldn't call the car the GT-40 because the dumb asses never copywrited the name. I think it was sometime in the late '70's or early 80's that some guy's copy writed the name. They demanded that Ford pay them several million dollars outwrite or some stuped amount like $25 K per car to use the name GT-40.

Just another example as to how stupid the court system is, it was Ford, not two dipstick's that made that name have value. The name rightly belonged to Ford, but they never registered the copywrite.

I don't ever remember seeing it written G/T 40  maybe it is but I don't think so.

The video you posted, I went to the SEMA show in '06 and there were 3  1,000+ hp TT GT's

Sleeper CP

Oh, I'll put my little single carb Ford up against any Chevy posting. ( Carry on)

And a little more - the dodge boys came out with a prototype hot car they called "the boss" . Ford liked it so much, they borrowed it. They all steal names...

Thanks everyone - I flipped it and all is good. Didn't take that long either.

Wi Fi + sprint broadband - I can work on the boat AND surf the web!

Seriously though --- Batteries are in, exhaust reworked. Hose comes in tomorrow.

Here is the list of things to do

Install left side exhaust / log / risers
Install exhaust hose
Prime / time engine
Install plug wires
Fire the biatch.....
Off to water

Vaccum leak - did you spray carb spray around EVERYTHING to see if it affected it? Carb Spray?  So No, but I did attach a vaccum gauge and it read very close to OK (approx 23) at the high RPM idle.  I also double checked every bolt for torque.


I'm surprised you are pulling that high, but OK.


Did you check or temp plug the PCV? Doesnt have one

What size cam, IE duration @ .050 do you have? 218* for now

OK, that rules out a few things.


Did you set the timing? Messed with it a bit, will try with the timing light tomorrow in the water.

You can seriously mess with the idle if you have the advance set wrong. If you get on it while it is really advanced, you will have major pinging too...



Did you try it with the vac advance unplugged? Yes, It is always disconnected and unplugged

Did you verify the vac advance is plugged into the port above the idle screws? See above

OK

Have you verified the secondaries are fully shutting? No, cant see top of carbs with scoop bolted on.  I will remove it tomorrow at the lake. 

You can do that from the side of the carbs - hit the secondary linkage and see if it closes.


Have you attempted to verify that both of the primary throttle blades are open approximately the same(or use a uni sync to adjust - that is what I do to mke sure the flows are the same).  Again I will eyeball them tomorrow, but I did check idle adjust screw and turn them both as close as possible to the same amount out that it will still idle.

What should I look for/ set at for the float levels after I take the bowls off?  I have never seen the inside of a holley carb...

Your float levels should be set so when the big screw on the side of the bowl is removed, gas is just below or trickling out. You don't need to remove the float bowls to adjust.


Is it idling that high because you set it (it wouldn't run below a certain RPM), or because you started it and it was that way?

Hey Speedy, What does the back side of that look like and where did you get it?   Greg

2 bolts and a plate, I wish this showed the back side.

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Thank god no one went to the double dog dare! Crisis averted! 

Front - the light is a new LED based model - really bright (2 m visability) and you can see it from about a 200 degree view.

Naa, ya got to keep it cool. And what's better for keeping cool than cool lake water? Attach it to the underside of the boat!

 

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Damn, I bought some hose at 9:30 (about 20 minutes before you posted this) from go2marine and went to bed. Would have rather bought it from you. Oh well, next time.

Did I get it backwards? lol

Nope - what I would call a mild lobe profile would seriously break the chevy. I was just trying to be nice :-)

You should see the grind in my 528 - it pushes the Mopar spec....

still having problems carb still not rite. any help out there?

Meaning what? Did you check to see if the PV's are leaking? Pull the carb off of the manifold, set it back down on top of the carb studs so there is a gap. Take your coil wire and put it in the garage. crank the engine over so the carb is getting gas (if you have an electric pump, just turn it on instead) . Look under the carb - any gas dripping? There shouldn't be.  Figure out where it is coming from and at least one of your problems will be solved.

The newer grinds are all tight lash, .018-.022, the older ones are spec'ed at .028 -.035.

With the improvement in valvespring technology, they can grind the ramps steeper, have tighter lash, and let the valvetrain survive.

The only thing that makes sense if this is real - hydrogen fuel cell conversion. Sure you'll get 61 mpg from your corolla, where water is the primary fuel source - but you'll have a $100K into it. 100K will buy a lot of gas, even at $10/gallon....

now what to do with all the lead acid batteries.....