Today I spent about two hours wiring up some relays for the fuel pump and s/c pulley.
When the batt was hooked up I found I had cocked it up. So I temporaryily hard wired it to the battery.
We got that bad boy fired up, and found the timing needed retarding big time. we knocked it back a bit, and went for a spin. she was still rattling a bit, but WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!! When I planted the boot you could fell the weight transfering onto the back wheels.
It was like she was sitting up and paying full attention. With a 4.1:1 diff it became instantly apparent that 12 inch wheels are too small.
We took her down to the servo to buy some 96 octane to see if that would reduce the rattling. On the way home I launched from a stop sign, missed a shift, and over reved it BIGTIME. Now it's making a horrenduly loud rattle/clattering sound.
My old man said "The only time I ever heard a noise like that is when I broke the crankshaft in a 327" "SHEEIT" was my reaction. But it still drives, so Im thinking that I have rattled loose the flywheel bolts.
A mate of mine reckons that the beloved A engines are prone for it. The donk still sounds like it has all it's compressions when it's cranking, so fingers crossed.
and if it has lunched itself, too bad I'll just build another motor for it.