What did you do to your Coronet this Week ....???

[thebankerstoy]

you're lucky I couldn't fit Kita into my carryon....

She'd have a blast checking out all of the trees and animals in your backyard my friend! Did you notice that she's smiling in that picture with you?

Richard

[Piper]

Decided to work on the 4 speed...starter relay was fried and the Holley blue pump was seized with a gel like coating..

So i drained tank and pulled sender

Gas looks re-usable

[thebankerstoy]

The modern fuels with all of their additives are hard on our older cars fuel systems that sit for extended periods of time. :p

Richard

[Piper]

I picked up some of that lucas ethanol treatment to see if that will help in the future. I am thinking of dropping the tank washing it and trying to acid bath I've read about, I am convinced there is some rust in there.

[ws27]

She'd have a blast checking out all of the trees and animals in your backyard my friend! Did you notice that she's smiling in that picture with you?

Richard

Does this mean you have a new cam???

[Racer Brown]

I picked up some of that lucas ethanol treatment to see if that will help in the future. I am thinking of dropping the tank washing it and trying to acid bath I've read about, I am convinced there is some rust in there.

I've been using that in my Kcar since i bought it, 3-4oz to a tank full, no problems yet!

[thebankerstoy]

Does this mean you have a new cam???

Hello Rich,

Yes sir, thanks to Mike spending a week with Rosie, Kita and me a couple of weeks ago, I do now have a brand new Lunati Voodoo hydraulic camshaft and a set of new matching Lunati hydraulic lifters, along with a brand new Lunati heavy duty 3 bolt design double roller timing chain and gear set. We also installed my mint condition dual plane Edelbrock CH4B intake manifold and a new 1/2" RPC phenolic spacer. The new camshaft is a couple of steps down performance wise from the Mopar Performance .284 .484 camshaft that I had in my 440 since 1991 when the engine was originally built and installed, but it still has a nice idle lope and it meets my current and future needs for the car perfectly. This new camshaft also produces 19 inches of vacuum at idle compared to only 7 to 8 inches of vacuum that the Mopar cam produced at idle. This also meant that Mike and I were also remove the noisy and ineffective aftermarket electric vacuum pump and all of it's related parts from the car. The power assisted front disc, rear drum brakes now operate MUCH better due to the increased vacuum, so two very difficult problems on my Coronet were solved!

Mike also installed the beautiful M/T valve covers that he gave me a year ago or so that I had repainted and buff out, but we ran into a valve cover gasket leak on the passenger side M/T cover, so due to us running out of time before he had to leave, we had to remove the M/T covers and reinstall my stamped steel chrome Direct Connection valve covers for now. I just purchased a new oval 15" finned and polished aluminium air cleaner on Ebay yesterday that will match the M/T cover perfectly after I get the lid painted orange and have the fins buffed out to match the M/T covers, so I'm really looking forward to getting those parts in place soon!

Below are a couple of pictures of my 440 after the new camshaft, lifters, timing chain set, CH4B intake manifold and M/T valve covers were installed. Mike also made a short video of the 440 running that I've also posted below.

To say that this work would not have been possible without Mike's help can not be stressed enough, so saying THANK YOU to Mike for all that he did just isn't enough, but he knows how extremely thankful Rosie, Rick and I are for his help on the Coronet and Rick's Dart and more importantly, how very much we treasure his friendship!

Richard

Coronet 440 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STNSpH6Sw6g

My sons Dart after a new fuel pump and chrome ECU box video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzpZC490_7s

Pictures of my 440 with the new parts in place including the M/T valve covers.







And the 440 as it looks now with the CH4B intake manifold and after removing all of the electric vacuum pump equipment and the M/T covers due to a leak on the passenger side cover.

[ws27]

Very nice Richard! I hope you and Rosie can now go to cruises and enjoy your Coronet. Mike really is a great guy...but you didn't hear that from me!

[thebankerstoy]

Very nice Richard! I hope you and Rosie can now go to cruises and enjoy your Coronet. Mike really is a great guy...but you didn't hear that from me!

Thank you very much Rich and I agree, Mike is truly the best indeed! I am not

Still need to get the power windows working and the seats redone before the car goes anywhere for a show or cruise night, but at least Rosie can take us out for a drive now and then now that the engine is much more street friendly and the brakes are working so much better.

Below is a picture of the new air cleaner assembly that I just purchased yesterday. I think that it will look very cool with the lid painted Hemi Orange to match the engine with the fins buffed out to match my M/T valve covers after I find a set of valve cover gaskets that work well with the M/T covers so they don't leak.

Richard

[Mark's 69]

Mike has been my go to guy on more than one occasion. I've gotten so much advise on this site from so many members I couldn't begin to pay it back.