Brian’s Super Clutchnet Race Clutch Swap

Really?  Aren't they almost twice the price?  And you still don't get a heat sink.....<wink>

I'm just glad to see you race ready.  Give'im hell!

DG

Bassman wrote: honestly for $250 I would more than likely buy a new MSD distributor

Pics and write up from the day.

Well I took the car for several runs around the town, then we took it for a couple drives, then he took it for a drive, then I drove it to his house 20kms away, while he followed in his other car, then he drove me back in the Fiero to my place and he is on his way back to his place.  He is going to take it for a long cruise tomorrow before hitting the track on Saturday.  To be frank this clutch has so much bite, that even if it did not get seated perfectly, it would still be fine.  Without even dropping it hard, it has the ability to spin the R888's that are on the car now. 

Ok well I should post the final wrap up info and pics from the day, so here goes.  Sorry I did not get pics of the new MSD wires, it was getting dark by the time we got the final tune on the car and frankly I could have used another day of turning to get it perfect.

More on that as time goes on.

Ok first pics, this was a back woods attempt at repairing the boots on the old MSD wires, wrapped in shrink tube.  It didn't work as there must have been internal issues as well.  The boots were stretched to the point that a few of them had small tears.  The shrink tube worked wit the heat, just not the internal stuff.  So a new MSD 8.5mm Superconductor kit was bought, then spent the better part of an hour and a half building the new wires.

 

Now for the plugs.  Note all 3 have different burn patterns, its because all 3 had slightly different gaps.  Obviously the widest gap was running the leanest and is bleach white, the other 2 are normal to slightly rich.

Last pics were my answer to the bad dist shaft.  Took a spare old one out of my dist shafts bin, ground the body smooth, then polished it wit the wire wheel, and wiped it down with degrease.  Turned out pretty good.  I sat down with Brian and showed him how to rebuild the dist shafts so he was pleased that he will be able to do that in the future without having to come and pay someone to do it for him.  It now has a new Delco Module, and new Pickup Coil.

All is well wit the car and I hope he will be happy with it for a good time to come.

That's gotta be one of the roughest looking distributors I've ever seen.  Just look at the crud coming off the coil.  Holy sh*t.

When you get a chance, bring that poor thing to me for some luvin....:)

Or....I've even got a jacked up rebuilt on the shelf as we speak.  Could bring it to Dave's tonight.  I want $250 for it.  You can pay me after the race season is over.

DG

LOL, no John we have not used your slave yet, I didn't want to open that can of worms unless we had to.  Right now I want to get the NEED things done before the "maybe we should" things.  However yes it is a nice shiny black. 

Just finishing up the last of the stuff, and was changing out the MSD Cap and Rotor.   Looks like he will be doing a dist shaft and pickup coil soon.   However the cool thing, even with all the crud, the MSD rotor had not worn down and was still at full tip length.  

I cleaned up the distributor shaft as best as I could on the car, however when comes out for the pickup coil change it will need to be completely cleaned.   If I end up with extra time today I may just pull it.  However I am trying to get all the NEED TO BE DONE things first.  Like the 3 firewall plugs.  Brian you remember the nightmare with the front plugs, I have ran into the same thing with the rear ones.  I may have to lower the cradle to get more leverage.

What?....no burn out?  No smoke?  Who rented this DVD anyway?

:)

DG

As you take it for a test boot....  remember ALL the clutch break in rules!!!
(soft but rapid engagement, no floating it, no engine breaking on downshifts - those are the main ones anyhow)

Thank You, All of You guys for the wishes of well.  Lisa and I had a great time at dinner and then took a walk down on the beach where we got married.  Unfortunately the tide was in so we could not get to the exact spot of the ceremony, but still a nice walk along Crescent Beach after dinner was a good end to the night.

Ok enough Chatter about mushy stuff lets get back to the thread topic, CARS.  Its 5:30am I am up early to get an early to get a kicken start on the car. I am out in the garage getting revved up about this morning. Gonna light a fire someplace. So in other words.  I am going to kick the tires, light the fires, get the Car started and revved up.

    First order of business is change out the front plugs while it is cold, change the cap and rotor, then fire it up, get the scan tool on it, check the sensors then check the timing.  Unfortunately Brian's Balancer had walked and none of the lines on his balancer lined up with the lines on the new balancer so I am praying that at least one of the 3 grooves in the new balancer shows up in a correct spot with the timing gun.

         Once everything is good, I'll take the car for a quick test drive and report back here. 

You crazy kids.......don't drink too much of that stuff.

Happy "God are we really married" Day.

DG

Happy Anniversary!

Well I don't have any distilled water, or I would fire this baby up, however the pedal feel, is amazing.   Car is on the ground, everything is buttoned up, tightened up, checked and double checked.  Only thing left to do is the firewall side spark plugs, change the rotor and cap and she is done.

   Lisa and I are heading out for our anniversary dinner tonight, and we will make a quick stop at a store to pick up 2-3 gallons of distilled water to put in the cooling system.  Then tomorrow it is fire up day.