Freddie's Transplant

[MacDee]

Carter finished the engine, mostly, before leaving for his winter stay in AZ. I've added another entry on my blog with some more details. Basically, I've got to work out some details while he's gone, and we're hoping to run the engine perhaps in April.

I've attached some pictures showing how it looked the last time I saw it. Carter mounted the intake and the headers before he left, but these pictures were taken before that.

[Luva65wagon]

Pretty awesome Gary. Glad to see chains attached (and hopefully connected somewhere up above).

You've already converted to an alternator haven't you? The pics have a gen, so was curious whether that's still the plan.

[pbrown]

You've already converted to an alternator haven't you? The pics have a gen, so was curious whether that's still the plan.

I was thinking the same thing. Why do all this work and keep the gen?

[MacDee]

I was thinking the same thing. Why do all this work and keep the gen?

Yeah, I'm already running the alternator in the car. The generator will be used just for tentioning the belt during the test run. We aren't going to hook up a charging system for the test; we'll just run off a battery.

[redfalken]

Looking good! Can't wait to hear it run this spring. Are you the first six with a Classic Inlines aluminum head in the area? I don't think I've seen one up close yet.

I think I'd put a couple Tempurpedic mattresses under that baby!

[MacDee]

Looking good! Can't wait to hear it run this spring. Are you the first six with a Classic Inlines aluminum head in the area? I don't think I've seen one up close yet.

I think I'd put a couple Tempurpedic mattresses under that baby!

Actually, 63200i6 (see the first page of this thread) has a Classic Inlines head on a '66 Mustang. He lives in Renton, I think, and I'd been hoping to meet him and see his Mustang, but haven't managed to yet.

Matresses. Hmmm....

[MacDee]

I did a little more work on Freddie's new engine. Before Carter left for AZ he gave me an assignment to try to get some things done during his absence. He asked that I work out the problem of the throttle arm on the carburetor interfering with the intake manifold, get and install sending units for oil pressure and water temperature gages, figure out a throttle linkage, and fabricate a fuel line.
After some careful measuring, I determined that I would have a good extra inch of hood clearance with the new engine installed. Based on that, I bought a 1/2-inch carb spacer from Jegs and installed the carb. I bought water temp and oil pressure gages and installed their sending units on the engine. I also upgraded the fuel pump to a Carter hi-perf unit and managed to fabricate a fuel line.
I still don't know for sure what to do for throttle linkage. Everyone is telling me I should get a later cable set-up and pedal from Pull-A-Part. I will probably do that if I can find time to get over there. Not sure what to do about tranny linkage either. One thing I've noticed is that the shift lever on my tranny is oriented with the lever UP, with Park engaged when the lever is pushed fully aft. This is opposite to what I saw on Kenny's C4 which has the lever DOWN and Park is fully forward. My trans was originally from a Mustang which had a floor shifter which may explain the difference. In any case, I'll need to figure out if I can reverse my lever, or else figure out how to "reverse" the input from the column shift. It dawned on me recently that, if all else fails, I could probably rig up the choke cable (which will be redundant with the new carb) to shift the transmission!
Carter is returning on April 29, so we should be able to run the engine within a week or two after that. We've tentatively set the "swap day" for May 22-23 (weekend after Monroe swap meet). Venue is yet to be determined.