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Voltage regulators

April 27th, 2004

A nice URL which shows all kinds of info about connecting an internally regulated alternator. And here

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Carpet down

April 24th, 2004

I put in the carpet, what a difference! Things like these make you believe that it’s really coming along quite nicely. I also cleaned up the firewall and installed the wiper motor. The motor works but there’s something fishy on the switch wiring.

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Engine specs

April 14th, 2004

I found some V8 ignition timing specs in the ‘68 car manual:

  • Spark timing: 9° BTDC
  • Dwell angle: 30°
  • Idle RPM: Hi=650 – Lo=500
  • Spark plug gap:0.035″ (0.89mm, type:14mm 3/4″ thread)
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