1966 Plymouth Fury 3
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Re: 1966 Plymouth Fury 3
Hell, that's good to go. Job done.
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Really need to investigate the misfire.
Probably could do with taking the pistons out again too, check the rings and clean them up.
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Cleaned the carburetor out. The idle circuit had become blocked.
Starter is still junk and needs work.
Idles nice now though.
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Starter is still junk and needs work.
Idles nice now though.
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Looks like the beginning of one of those burnout vids....
Fury looks great from that angle, too.
Fury looks great from that angle, too.
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With no front brakes, no. However, it's got more than enough torque to spin the wheels up with ease,mercrocker wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:09 am Looks like the beginning of one of those burnout vids....
Fury looks great from that angle, too.
I was looking at that too, and yes. I really do like the way the car looks, particularly from that angle. Does very much remind me of a Gerry Anderson prop.
If all goes well I'll build an exhaust for it soon. Then I need to get back to bodywork.
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Re: 1966 Plymouth Fury 3
Box of pieces arrived in the mail.
Phil
Carburetor heat insulation spacer, exhaust wrap and some downpipe adapters.
Pulled the carb off and added the longer studs that came in the box.
New spacer and gaskets slotted carefully into place.
Took the driver's side manifold off and adjusted it with a series of larger and larger hammers until the desired shape was achieved.
Wrapped it up all nice. That makes a significant difference to the amount of heat in that area. Might wrap the other side also and the downpipes.Phil
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Exhaust wrap affects gas speed due to the heat retention doesn't it? So I'd have thought wrapping both sides was a good idea to keep it running with good balance between the banks.
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On a high performance racing engine, perhaps. I'll do it because a) I have some wrap left and b) it'll keep the temperature in the engine bay down. Might wrap the downpipes also to keep the heat off the floor by my feet, until the pipes get into the airflow underneath the car.
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Aye I'm not sure how much difference it makes, just something I've read. Keeping things cooler sounds a more useful result from the wrapping.
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The guy at another Napa store still had his reference books from 1972, and was able to look up the correct (at least I hope the correct) exhaust donut flange seal.
They should be in at lunch time today. All I need then are the bolts and springs to hold it together- likely that'll just end up as some hardware store bolts and the springs from the stud set that they have on the shelf for the same purpose.
Driver side should be fairly easy but passenger side will need a good bit of cut-n-shut close to the manifold to fit correctly. I'm guessing on later models there's something on the right side the exhaust has to avoid; on this the obstruction is on the left so there'll have to be a little chicane of pipe to get it pointing the right way.
Been looking at mufflers, wife has specified the sound she wants, which was how her Challenger sounded- deep bass rumble. Magnaflow have that sound so likely that's what's going underneath. Twin 2.5" thick wall pipes should give the correct tone. No balance pipe. It'll be... mildly raucous.
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They should be in at lunch time today. All I need then are the bolts and springs to hold it together- likely that'll just end up as some hardware store bolts and the springs from the stud set that they have on the shelf for the same purpose.
Driver side should be fairly easy but passenger side will need a good bit of cut-n-shut close to the manifold to fit correctly. I'm guessing on later models there's something on the right side the exhaust has to avoid; on this the obstruction is on the left so there'll have to be a little chicane of pipe to get it pointing the right way.
Been looking at mufflers, wife has specified the sound she wants, which was how her Challenger sounded- deep bass rumble. Magnaflow have that sound so likely that's what's going underneath. Twin 2.5" thick wall pipes should give the correct tone. No balance pipe. It'll be... mildly raucous.
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