I really gotta start up dating this a little more often. My winter goals were taller gears and a smoother idle. For taller gears I went with the Rancho Pro street box with 3.88's from rob at AVR. Putting a new tranny in with the body on sure is a fun job! To get the smoother idle I went for a Mallory distributor and control box from aircooled.net. It seemed to be the best option for the type IV motor, its kinda neat it has both and vacuum and mechanical advance. Today while I was installing new spark plugs I noticed that the #2 cylinder plug would only go in 2/3 of the way. After visiting all the parts places in Williams lake I was able to find the right tap and chase the threads to get the plug in all the way. This was the first time I’ve put plugs in without the cooling tins on. I’m guessing the plug hasn’t been all the way in a while and may be the cause of my miss at idle.
mallory vs 009
goodies! now I just need my coil to come in (small over sight lol I thought thats what the box was for?)
clearence with old manifolds
with the new ones with the sync-link bracket
intakes and surround back on!