Scotty
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I drive this car daily and I'm trying to keep it that way.
So I've been fouling plugs like mad and have had gas flooding the car, so I redid my Weber. Adjusted the float to spec (it was off by quite abit), changed the oil, plugs, etc. My adjustment went from 1-3/4 to 2 turns on mixture.
I have a Series IV, 1725, Weber (32/36, Mixture out 2-1/4, Idle in 1-1/2). Running Shell Rotella 15-40W, Autolite Irridium XP63 plugs and electronic points made for the 25D distributor.
Before I had either a hard time or easy time starting it. Now it starts right up. It idles at 850. Here's a video of it running. I'm still doing some wiring and organizing things better, so please don't get on my case about it, I know, I know. I just want to know if it sounds right or if there's something else I need to adjust. The metal mesh vibrating sound you hear is from the ram flow mesh on the Weber and the exhaust is dirty and the metal makes it look worse. It vibrates a little bit but I've been told that's supposedly normal. I keep thinking the vibration is either normal or the motor mounts are too stiff. They were bought from SS when the engine was dropped in this car back when the engine was rebuilt.
While I have seen and heard a few Tigers, I have never seen or heard another Alpine in person and I have little idle how they sound like in person and I'm incredibly paranoid with trying to take care of this one.
How does it look and sound?
Video Link: https://streamable.com/izdlle
So I've been fouling plugs like mad and have had gas flooding the car, so I redid my Weber. Adjusted the float to spec (it was off by quite abit), changed the oil, plugs, etc. My adjustment went from 1-3/4 to 2 turns on mixture.
I have a Series IV, 1725, Weber (32/36, Mixture out 2-1/4, Idle in 1-1/2). Running Shell Rotella 15-40W, Autolite Irridium XP63 plugs and electronic points made for the 25D distributor.
Before I had either a hard time or easy time starting it. Now it starts right up. It idles at 850. Here's a video of it running. I'm still doing some wiring and organizing things better, so please don't get on my case about it, I know, I know. I just want to know if it sounds right or if there's something else I need to adjust. The metal mesh vibrating sound you hear is from the ram flow mesh on the Weber and the exhaust is dirty and the metal makes it look worse. It vibrates a little bit but I've been told that's supposedly normal. I keep thinking the vibration is either normal or the motor mounts are too stiff. They were bought from SS when the engine was dropped in this car back when the engine was rebuilt.
While I have seen and heard a few Tigers, I have never seen or heard another Alpine in person and I have little idle how they sound like in person and I'm incredibly paranoid with trying to take care of this one.
How does it look and sound?
Video Link: https://streamable.com/izdlle
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