Picked this up for $400 on Saturday. Also, I'm new here.

 

 

nice! enjoy it!

 

Dang, what happened to the windshield? And you started out on the right track with the hard top lol. I'm so tired of fighting t top leaks.

 

Enjoy it man! It will come around. You can find some much needed advice and parts for sale here on TGO. Good luck friend.

 

Wow...Welcome! Looks like a great project. We're here to help!

 

Welcome!! Any plans for car? Running? For 400, I think you got a good deal. You should see what ppl buy for more than that...

Wifescar, You put new gaskets in? I am in the process of doing this and DONT want leaks.

 

I have not yet, the top pin holes were all out of alignment. Had glass tops originally and had plastic tops when I got it and went back to glass. I'm sure new seals will be night and day.

 

Thanks all for the kind words. Plans for right now are to work on it when I can. Big picture will be 6.0 turbo with built 6 speed, but that's years down the road. Did find out it started life as a v6.

 

Welcome aboard Below Average J! $400...you can't beat that for a bargain starting price.

 

Got it home today. What a drive. 20 min drive in 2nd gear and little exhaust. Now it's time...

 

Holy crap you got a running car for $400? I wasn't expecing that, good buy lol. Besides said leak and gear issues, how did it seem to run?

 

Rough. Timing needs work. I'm going to sell the motor anyway.

 

Still, play with timing and get it running somewhat okay and you could get 200 easy, that brings the price of your car down to $200 bucks! That's less than you could scrap it for. Either way you've come out way in the green with this car.

 

I'm an efi guy, so messing with this will be fun and educational.

 

Carbs are pretty easy, the very basic concept is there are small holes in the carb that the incoming air passes over, forming a vacuum on the holes. This is where the fuel comes from. The more you press the pedal, the wider the carb opens and the more air passes over these holes sucking in more fuel. You can change the Jets which are sort of like restrictors that will adjust the amount of fuel that can be vacuumed out per volume of air. That's an extremely basic description. But once you grasp that the rest just helps tune the amount of fuel to air (air fuel ratio obviously)

 

Thanks for the basics. Once I have some time, I'll check it out. It has aftermarket carb and intake. I'll take some pics to show you guys.

 

 

 

 

Venturi Effect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi_effect

 

Sort of but not really the same priciple. Venturi is air passing through a bottleneck and changing flow pattern. While this does happen in a carb, that's not what causes the vacuum effect. Venturi happens further in the carb.

 

The pistons going down create a low pressure/vacuum.

pretty sure the air going through the bottle neck creates vacuum, drawing fuel into the engine. Thats all a old 2 barrel carb is.


this is a quote from the link I posted..

Carburetors that use the effect to suck gasoline into an engine's intake air stream

They use suck. My instructor would fail him. "No such thing as suction" only low pressure/anything less than atmospheric pres.

 

Think I have an engine lined up. 6.0 from a Chevy 2500. Pretty excited. Know I will need the accessory drive from a 4th gen. What else will I need? I haven't had time to do a lot of research yet. I have been reading up on the swap on this site. The wiring scares me, so I may just buy a pre-made harness. Any insight would help. Thanks.