That's enough of this stinkin' winter - Time to wake up ol' Fred!

[6t6slodart]

Beautiful GTX sir and sounds great! And I enjoyed your narrated video very much. Also, beautiful place {Tennessee} you live !

 

[dadsbee]

Come'on Ed... at least when I got mine out I did some donuts for the folks!!!!

 

[Don Frelier]

I'm a bit envious probably 6 more weeks of winter here. I don't start mine until I can take them out and drive them. Usually about a 5 month period.
Oh and if you loosen a metering rod cover you can use you squirt fuel down the hole for the rod. Goes right to the primary bowl.
Have a great day.

 

[Kern Dog]

You sound like you could have narrated for The Dukes of Hazzard.
Great car, great voice, nice presentation.

 

[moparedtn]

Looks good from here Ed! We have a ways to go before this snow leaves the northeast. Can't wait for the first drive of the year.

Yeah, I may have been a bit premature with this - but seriously, I've had about enough.
Time to force the issue.

You could have at least gave us a quick and sweet rev just as you signed off!

Yeah, that'd been great right? Throw a rod on camera....

Nicely done! I'm a few states away but may be I'll stop by for a beer or Bourbon one day when I'm in your neighborhood. Looks like a nice place!

Thanks. Hey, anytime - just holler. Y'all are more than welcome to our La Plastique-sided Hacienda on the Ridge!

Love the car, love the colour!

Thanks. Yeah, that dang color is what started all this trouble.
Went up on a Sunday drive to look at the car over a decade ago and the moment the wife saw the
car, she fell for the color. I told her to let me do some horse tradin' and not act all interested....
think she listened?
Hell no. "I just LOVE the color" she blurts out to the guy.
He looks at me like "I got your *** now!"
Yep, negotiations over....

 

[hunt2elk]

By the looks of your yard, almost seems like you should have taken Fred out for a spin. Or do they throw salt on the roads in TN?

 

[moparedtn]

If you ever consider those round ones that are on ram trucks, I know they're not the original style, they're yours, I'd ship them to you. Just saying.

That's a very generous offer for sure, thanks. Not sure how they'd adapt to the big ol' goofy 3" pipes on Fred
though. Any idea how big their inlets are?

 

[moparedtn]

Love it! Looks and sounds beautifully menacing

Thanks. I think he sounds sorta goofy, like someone ripped the downspouts off the house and stuck 'em under there.

Ed never put Fred down , beautiful car and sounds great. Love your spread and with that clear weather take Fred out,dont tease him. Hope all is well Dave

Everyone is well, thanks Dave. I even got 'Rona-tested last Friday when I went to visit a potential customer.
Nurse took my temp and said "you're awfully cool". I replied "zombie"...
Yes sir, hoping to take Fred out this coming weekend, weather permitting!

I'm a bit envious probably 6 more weeks of winter here. I don't start mine until I can take them out and drive them. Usually about a 5 month period.
Oh and if you loosen a metering rod cover you can use you squirt fuel down the hole for the rod. Goes right to the primary bowl.
Have a great day.

Oh yeah, that's a GREAT idea, thanks Don! Oh - and there's a crap-ton of land down here selling for a couple grand an acre.

You sound like you could have narrated for The Dukes of Hazzard.
Great car, great voice, nice presentation.

Oh heck, first I was Jim Stafford, now I'm Waylon.
Honestly, I just "talk lazy" as they like to say around here... I'm fairly well educated and I tend
to subconsciously step up my speaking game when needed. I can take a call from some big wig
at corporate and I sound totally different, big words and all.
Normally though, not so much - I tend to dumb it down some. Seems to put folks at ease.

 

[khryslerkid]

That's sort of what I'm trying to stir up around here....
It's time to see everyone waking up their beasts! By God, if Fred can do it, any of 'em can!
Instant boost to the mood for sure.

It's been an average 40 degs in the garage for the last month or more and a warm-up is about to happen. You really have to watch for condensation when this occurs. I'll be waking mine up more than likely tomorrow.

Wait a minute...I don't know whether that was a dig or a compliment.

It was a compliment. I've always liked the tone of the south being my mother's side is from Tennessee/North Carolina. If I stay down there for just one week I'll bring it home with me everytime.

Stay safe, stay healthy brother!

 

[khryslerkid]

I'm a bit envious probably 6 more weeks of winter here. I don't start mine until I can take them out and drive them. Usually about a 5 month period.
Oh and if you loosen a metering rod cover you can use you squirt fuel down the hole for the rod. Goes right to the primary bowl.
Have a great day.

On the Edelbrocks the float bowl vents are here. Each side holds approximately 2 fluid ounces.

 

[Cranky]

Wasn't talkin about a moon Rev but just a little throat-clearing. It sure sounds good though just sitting idling....

 

[Hey-O]

I think they are 2 1/2. I'll double check.

 

[moparedtn]

Wasn't talkin about a moon Rev but just a little throat-clearing. It sure sounds good though just sitting idling....

There's other videos on my channel, one of which shows me goosin' it a little bit:

I'll make a video special just for you next time I have Fred warmed up though.

This reminds me of an early memory of first being on these forums for me, years ago
though...
I don't remember what the subject was (probably me fighting one of the other messed
up engines I had in the car at the time) where a rather prominent, knowledgeable member
dressed me down for revving the car in the garage in neutral.
"YOU NEVER REV ONE UP THAT HIGH WITHOUT A LOAD ON IT!" or some such, he proclaimed.
I was like "wut??"
He said it was terribly hard on an engine....which of course, my horse sense just dismissed
out of hand.
Still doesn't make sense to me, but then...I'm ignernt.

 

[71dodgechargerrt]

Beautiful car Ed. Wishing you an early spring.

 

[68gtxman]

@moparedtn Glad that you are still here to enjoy playing with Fred! I’d be taking my new Barracuda out if we didn’t have slush and water puddles on the pavement here, but as soon as the roads are clear, I’ll be out and about in it. It doesn’t even have a heater in it. Be well my brother!

 

[Cranky]

There's other videos on my channel, one of which shows me goosin' it a little bit:

I'll make a video special just for you next time I have Fred warmed up though.

This reminds me of an early memory of first being on these forums for me, years ago
though...
I don't remember what the subject was (probably me fighting one of the other messed
up engines I had in the car at the time) where a rather prominent, knowledgeable member
dressed me down for revving the car in the garage in neutral.
"YOU NEVER REV ONE UP THAT HIGH WITHOUT A LOAD ON IT!" or some such, he proclaimed.
I was like "wut??"
He said it was terribly hard on an engine....which of course, my horse sense just dismissed
out of hand.
Still doesn't make sense to me, but then...I'm ignernt.

One of the things I've never liked doing was revving an engine to the moon sitting still. Even when drag racing I never did that to 'clean the plugs' after a burn out. I know many do this but I never did and never saw a change in ET or the way the engine ran vs 'cleaning the plugs off'. Imo, it just puts more wear and tear on the engine but never saw any harm in doing a quick but 'gentle' rev after a long idle. Letting an engine idle for long periods does more harm (again my opinion) since oil pressure and oil flow drops while the heads heat up along with the valve springs while water temps steadily rise. Of course, in the winter time, conditions are usually different for water temps but oil flow and psi are still low at idle. Have a buddy of mine that would wing the engine 3 times after a burn out and I know it was seeing at least 6k or more each time lol. To me that's just not needed.

 

[moparedtn]

One of the things I've never liked doing was revving an engine to the moon sitting still. Even when drag racing I never did that to 'clean the plugs' after a burn out. I know many do this but I never did and never saw a change in ET or the way the engine ran vs 'cleaning the plugs off'. Imo, it just puts more wear and tear on the engine but never saw any harm in doing a quick but 'gentle' rev after a long idle. Letting an engine idle for long periods does more harm (again my opinion) since oil pressure and oil flow drops while the heads heat up along with the valve springs while water temps steadily rise. Of course, in the winter time, conditions are usually different for water temps but oil flow and psi are still low at idle. Have a buddy of mine that would wing the engine 3 times after a burn out and I know it was seeing at least 6k or more each time lol. To me that's just not needed.

Oh, I get ya now....and I agree for the most part.
I'm also blessed (cursed?) with "mechanical empathy" - it simply isn't in me to harm, at least intentionally, anything
mechanical - I didn't grow up in a situation of excess wealth and everything I've ever owned came at some level
of sacrifice, so I tend to try to keep things nice long as I can.
Ok, that said, let me address your concerns in order:
1. I think the "snorting" that some racers do with their cars approaching the line after a burnout might
be not only an attempt to clear out the raw fuel left in the bottom of the plenum, but also to put on a bit
of a proverbial chest-thumpin' show as well.
A little show biz, PT Barnum, that sort of thing - and I don't have a problem with that either.

2. Re: clearing the throat after extended idling - of course, modern electronic cars don't need such, but a lot of
our old carbureted critters sure do, always have - Fred included.
He doesn't foul plugs so much (thank you, Mopar electronic ignition conversion) but he does tend to load up
a little bit (due to the crappy old AVS on him), so yeah, I clear his throat a few times when I hear him start
to change pitch a little.
On the other hand, he'll hold an idle when dead cold after my babysitting for a minute or so despite having
no functional choke on him - which is intentional. I got a thing about chokes...
But no no no - no buzzing it up to even 5k, leave alone 6k. That's ignernt.

 

[moparedtn]

Beautiful GTX sir and sounds great! And I enjoyed your narrated video very much. Also, beautiful place {Tennessee} you live !

You're very kind - and very right (about TN). It's certainly "different" here, but it truly is "God's Country".

Come'on Ed... at least when I got mine out I did some donuts for the folks!!!!

Aww come on Dad - ain't all of us blessed with the means and the abilities to throw one back together better than new
like you can (and do). Every crappy part of Fred came at a sacrifice to me, whether physical or monetarily - and
most of it happened at a time in my life when more logical folks would know that it wasn't the priority at the time.
What all that means is - I'll bang gears in Fred, but I'll also baby him and fret over him a lot, too.
It's more than a stupid old car, least to me if nobody else.

 

[moparedtn]

By the looks of your yard, almost seems like you should have taken Fred out for a spin. Or do they throw salt on the roads in TN?

They do, but it's been a fairly uneventful winter other than the usual smattering of ice/snow that go away
fairly quickly. *KNOCK WOOD*
Oh yeah, they get rid of all their salt allotment even if they don't need to. Budgetary games, you know.

 

[moparedtn]

@moparedtn Glad that you are still here to enjoy playing with Fred! I’d be taking my new Barracuda out if we didn’t have slush and water puddles on the pavement here, but as soon as the roads are clear, I’ll be out and about in it. It doesn’t even have a heater in it. Be well my brother!
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Hey there my friend, thank you and God bless y'all!
VERY cool ride ya got there. Looks kinda small, though....
Be safe,
Ed