Dakar Timm
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When we brought the Coronet home from my father in laws ,it was late December . We just wanted the car home ,clean and safe .
We found a huge pile of receipts for the motor . High lift long duration cam , high rise intake ,Holley 650 carb ,stainless headers .Well you get the idea . I've been running errands and took it to work a few times in the last two weeks or so.
I expected quite a bit more from the motor from all the work that had been done . It starts ,idles and accelerates just fine . The problem was that I had nothing to compare it to .
There is an independent auto repair shop in our town that has been very honest and reasonable in the past.
I stopped in and asked if they had anyone on staff who still worked on carbureted stuff .
Brian came out and I gave him the keys . We took 10 mile ride out of town where he opened it up ,respectfully .
Once we returned ,he opened the hood and pointed out several parts of the throttle linkage that would improve response ,activate the secondaries and suggested lighter springs in the vacuum advance . He and his boss ,the owner didn't want any money . Just bring it to their next car show . There are still decent people in the world . I think I 'll be dropping off a gift card for some pizzas on the way home today
We found a huge pile of receipts for the motor . High lift long duration cam , high rise intake ,Holley 650 carb ,stainless headers .Well you get the idea . I've been running errands and took it to work a few times in the last two weeks or so.
I expected quite a bit more from the motor from all the work that had been done . It starts ,idles and accelerates just fine . The problem was that I had nothing to compare it to .
There is an independent auto repair shop in our town that has been very honest and reasonable in the past.
I stopped in and asked if they had anyone on staff who still worked on carbureted stuff .
Brian came out and I gave him the keys . We took 10 mile ride out of town where he opened it up ,respectfully .
Once we returned ,he opened the hood and pointed out several parts of the throttle linkage that would improve response ,activate the secondaries and suggested lighter springs in the vacuum advance . He and his boss ,the owner didn't want any money . Just bring it to their next car show . There are still decent people in the world . I think I 'll be dropping off a gift card for some pizzas on the way home today
