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Well gents, I know I've slowed down on my C3 project, but it's for good reason: getting my rock crawler ready to hit the mountains next weekend and renovating my barn into a car shop But don't you worry, I have plenty of plans for my C3, and parts waiting: Tach drive distributor, antennae, CAS bluetooth kit, console side panels, and a new accelerator cable. I put the cable in last night so I could drive my car, but realized I'm supposed to have a retainer and the new cable didn't come with one! So now I have to wait for that to come in! These little tidbits will be icing on the cake going in to our Louisiana fall for prime cruising season and car shows. But I do have big plans and parts i've gotten killer deals on and stashed for my Jan/Feb project when it's freezing here:
VBP fiberglass rear spring to put on and match my front VBP suspension
The most exciting thing this week was I got to go to Crusin the Coast for the first time! I was able to get away from work on Tuesday and ran over to MS with two good friends to drool over all the cars. We saw thousands of amazing cars, met some great people, and Mr & Mrs Mercury20 met us for dinner in Ocean Springs! Very successful day, and I'm definitely taking the RV there next year for a couple of nights!
Well Jeep Trip to Hot Springs was a great success: beautiful weather, tons of fun, and got see spend time with great people! Here's a few pics for anyone interested, then I swear we'll get back to my C3 project now I'm done with my Jeep LOL
I did put my new accelerator cable in my C3 tonight, and tinkered with her. Putting new HEI in next, will update soon.
Well Jeep Trip to Hot Springs was a great success: beautiful weather, tons of fun, and got see spend time with great people! Here's a few pics for anyone interested, then I swear we'll get back to my C3 project now I'm done with my Jeep LOL
I did put my new accelerator cable in my C3 tonight, and tinkered with her. Putting new HEI in next, will update soon.
I’ve owned 4 CJ’s .
Loved each one.
I’ve been thinking about building a 75 or older one for my next project.
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (performance mods)
2019 C3 of Year Winner (performance mods)
2016 C3 of Year Finalist
I had a 72 to 79 franken jeep with a Chevy 350 in it...kept blowing up the rear axle, then put in a solid axle and started blowing up trannies....it was fun though!!
I had a 72 to 79 franken jeep with a Chevy 350 in it...kept blowing up the rear axle, then put in a solid axle and started blowing up trannies....it was fun though!!
Yeah the more fun you have, the more you break! LOL I can imagine a V8 CJ had to be a freakin blast!! I've finally got mine built to where it's relatively "bullet proof", but it's taken a lot to get there. And if I go up bigger on tires, I lose that... so I'm staying where I am until I get the time to build it on 1 ton axles.
Yeah the more fun you have, the more you break! LOL I can imagine a V8 CJ had to be a freakin blast!! I've finally got mine built to where it's relatively "bullet proof", but it's taken a lot to get there. And if I go up bigger on tires, I lose that... so I'm staying where I am until I get the time to build it on 1 ton axles.
My 75 and 79 CJ5’s were factory 304 cu in V8’s with three speed manual transmissions.
Torque monsters.
With an all stock 304, you could pop the clutch and pull the front wheels off the ground.
Only about an inch, but it still counted.
My 75 and 79 CJ5’s were factory 304 cu in V8’s with three speed manual transmissions.
Torque monsters.
With an all stock 304, you could pop the clutch and pull the front wheels off the ground.
Only about an inch, but it still counted.
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (performance mods)
2019 C3 of Year Winner (performance mods)
2016 C3 of Year Finalist
when I was living out west I would always come back east for a month until the ski season started again. I was on a tight schedule to meet my brother to go to a Dead show in the 1990s and so I was speeding and trying to navigate through CT. I ended up making a wrong turn and got off 84 and ended up in downtown Hartford and its all oneway streets. I had an extremely short fuse back then and was really pissed off so i was waiting at a stop light to make a left onto a another oneway to try and find the highway. Had the wheels curt left, revving the motor and when I got the green I popped the clutch and mashed the pedal but kept going straight....GREAT. I broke something else....I took my foot off the gas and the car chirped bounced and chirped again then made a quick left turn....I had been riding a small wheelie through the intersection, just enough that the tires werent touching but still cool to me. Thinking about it afterward, it was still cool but I never did that again as I couldnt afford to fix anything that would break do to it.
when I was living out west I would always come back east for a month until the ski season started again. I was on a tight schedule to meet my brother to go to a Dead show in the 1990s and so I was speeding and trying to navigate through CT. I ended up making a wrong turn and got off 84 and ended up in downtown Hartford and its all oneway streets. I had an extremely short fuse back then and was really pissed off so i was waiting at a stop light to make a left onto a another oneway to try and find the highway. Had the wheels curt left, revving the motor and when I got the green I popped the clutch and mashed the pedal but kept going straight....GREAT. I broke something else....I took my foot off the gas and the car chirped bounced and chirped again then made a quick left turn....I had been riding a small wheelie through the intersection, just enough that the tires werent touching but still cool to me. Thinking about it afterward, it was still cool but I never did that again as I couldnt afford to fix anything that would break do to it.
Wow! It's a shame there's not a video of that wheelie! ...or of you at a Dead concert
I got back to working on my C3 this week, and decided to get my CAS Bluetooth installed so I could listen to music as I cruise. The CAS unit is surprisingly big, but able to mount it on top of the stereo with the supplied double sided tape. It just plugs into the CD changer input, so it's a really simple install. When testing the unit, it was quick and easy to connect to the BT, and the audio sounded nice. I did notice that my passenger side speaker sounded off.. played with the balance to isolate it, and discovered that it was blown! My cheap *** recycled the speakers the car came with, and it bit me in the butt! lol Luckily it's just the passenger side so I was easily able to replace it with a Sony 4x6 the local Wal-mart has in stock... ended up using the zip tie method to secure to the grille brackets lol! Now the music is sounding GREAT, so i put the car back together. The next day I couldn't wait to take it out during lunch down River Road with this beautiful sunshine and 68F weather: car ran beautiful, but radio cuts in and out! Radio or Aux does this, and I noticed its only when the car is driving, so it has to be some kind of Alternator interference. Any ideas here?
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2019 C3 of Year Winner (performance mods)
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If its while driving i would lean towards a lose connection, bad ground or its shorting dur to movement, when you lose audio is the unit shutting off then restarting or are you just loosing audio?
Check all your connections as stated above first.
Back in the day radios with the old antenna set ups would cut in and out when driving under power lines, under an overpass or even in wooded areas with dense trees or anything else that would interfere with the radio reception.
Another thing could be that you will need to install a capacitor or resistor like on the oem radio wiring to get rid of the interference caused by the alternator.
If its while driving i would lean towards a lose connection, bad ground or its shorting dur to movement, when you lose audio is the unit shutting off then restarting or are you just loosing audio?
The unit doesn't shut off, it stays on but it's like a CD skipping is what I would compare it to. Sitting not running it's perfect, start engine and it starts cutting in and out - so It seems like alternator interference to me. Never had this issue in a car before.
Check all your connections as stated above first.
Back in the day radios with the old antenna set ups would cut in and out when driving under power lines, under an overpass or even in wooded areas with dense trees or anything else that would interfere with the radio reception.
Another thing could be that you will need to install a capacitor or resistor like on the oem radio wiring to get rid of the interference caused by the alternator.
Connections are good and all soldered. What kind of resistor should be used?
If you are using an oem radio, there should be one shown in the AIM in the wiring schematic.
I’m no electronics expert and I really can’t even guess what you should use.
I would start a new thread and see what the experts say.
All I know is there should be either a resistor or capacitor on the 12v power wiring to the radio.
I’m sorry I can’t be more help.
keep us posted!
It's been a month since, I've updated, and tonight was the first time I've driven and worked on my car in the past month! Been tied up doing my barn reno, so I'll have a nice 40x40 shop for my Corvette!
I decided to finally get that tach drive distributor in, so my stock tach will finally work. This was a pretty easy job to get the new one in and wired up in 10 min. I went to start her up, and noticed a leak from a bowl bolt.. So I'll just pull the carb off real quick and put in a heli coil..
So put that Heli-Coil in, and giving it time for the loctite to set
Ain't nothing better than working on you C3 on a nice Tuesday night with your friends Hank Jr, and Jack Daniels!
I had been having a throttle tip in issue in some throttle situations that I could never get right, and convinced myself that I needed to enlarge my PVCR.....Well removed the Power valve on the front one, see something missing???? I had NO working PV this whole time!!!! I had to switch this one with the rear, and that one did have PVCR holes! Wow, what a brain fart when assembling this carb!!!
Put the car back together, set the timing , tuned the carb, and now she's ready to cruise
Here's a peak at what I've been doing with the barn:
*Dug up and move/re did plumbing
*Re wired building with new LED lights, switches, and power outlets
*Had a slab poured in the barn this week too
*ripping off old T1-11 siding and replacing with metal siding
*Replacing any damaged wood
But don't you worry, I have plenty of plans for my C3, and parts waiting: Tach drive distributor, antennae, CAS bluetooth kit, console side panels, and a new accelerator cable. I put the cable in last night so I could drive my car, but realized I'm supposed to have a retainer and the new cable didn't come with one! So now I have to wait for that to come in! These little tidbits will be icing on the cake going in to our Louisiana fall for prime cruising season and car shows. But I do have big plans and parts i've gotten killer deals on and stashed for my Jan/Feb project when it's freezing here:
