Have installed a few new ignition bits. Replaced the coil, dizzy cap and rotor, leads and new plugs. Its running much better now but still runs a bit janky at full throttle. Low to mid throttle has cleaned up a bunch though. Pulled the plugs and its definitely running too lean on 4 and 3. There is a crack in the manifold and the pulse air is also located there so im wondering if this contributing to it.
Have pulled the trigger and ordered a Weber retrofit kit from Recarb. Have also ordered some headers and booked it in at the local exhaust shop for a 2 1/4 inch catback. This recipe will supposedly bring it up to 100 rwhp which is up from the 50 - 60 most seem to dyno at. Its a pretty pitiful number but I didnt get it to be fast so thats ok.
Had a big fail last week, went to replace the fuel pump with a Delco unit. Fitted it and everything was working and then it just shut down. Would kinda hiss and pop when starting as if it had no fuel. Pulled the lines and they had fuel. Swapped to a clear fuel filter and it wasnt filling it when cranked. Pulled the new pump and the little tang on the plunger had broken off. Reinstalled the old pump and it fired right up. The new pump looks to have a thin cast tang the old pump is quite thick. Gave myself a huge oil leak as I didnt realise at the time I had cracked the insulator on reinstall of the old pump. Ordered a new insulator from Repco and installed it on Saturday.
While I was waiting for that I decided to refresh the black trim, grill and headlight surrounds with some of that black dye paint. Also painted the lower apron which had been painted with house paint previously and gave the bumpers a hit with subframe black. Looks a bit fresher now.
Drove it to work today and it goes ok. Better than before but still not 100%.
And quick comparison of when I got it with the old front end vs now it looks now.
