Generation Specific > 1st Generation Build thread
'84 GS "Silver 7"
elwood:
Those chipmunks were extremely busy. They made a nest out of the cowl plenum. It was so packed with cotton batting and acorns that the wipers would barely move. I opened it up, pulled the wiper rack out, and removed a bucket full of debris. Now the wipers work.
The engine bay was in bad shape. The chipmunks made a nest inside the air cleaner too, but the previous owner had installed a K & N filter, and the wire mesh must have stopped them. Everything else was covered in a hazy coat of tar (the car was heavily undercoated) and mud.
I barred the engine over, and it turned freely, so I replaced the fluids (including the gas) and it started! It idled so smoothly, I had to check the tach to make sure it was running. Incredible. There was something wrong with the throttle linkage that prevented me from revving the engine, but I declared victory and called it a day.
~Groll69~:
Sounds like some great progress and luck with the car. Keep it up. I hope you had enough eviction notices to give out to all of those squirrels.
elwood:
Among my planned changes to the car were:
- Aftermarket carb / intake
- FC water pump housing
- FC oil cooler and filter pedestal (instead of beehive)
- Aluminum radiator w/electric fan
I managed to score an old Rotary Engineering Weber 36DCD setup. I had one of these on a 4-port 13B many years ago, and I liked it back then, so I decided to do it again.
I got the FC parts from friends here on the forum, and managed to mount them.
The rad is on the way, so we're moving ahead . . .
elwood:
I got an eBay rad and a Spal fan. Just finished making brackets and mounting the fan to the rad. I installed a fan switch in the back of the water pump. I have a standard 180 deg thermostat, and the switch is calibrated for 195 deg "on" and 185 deg "off". I run this same basic setup on my other car, and it works well.
elwood:
I started working on a carb hat. The original setup had individual K & N air cleaners, but when I received the carb setup, they were badly damaged. The filter elements aren't very tall, so there isn't much space between the air horns (2") and the top plate (2-3/4"), which I figure can't be good for air flow. So I decided to make a carb hat and plumb it to a conical air filter mounted in front of the radiator. These are pics of my cardboard mockup. There will be an inlet on the side so I can run duct hose down to the filter. This one is 4" tall so there shouldn't be any flow restriction.
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