Metalmarty
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Hi all,
As some of you know I'm working on restoring my '68 Newport.
1968 Newport 4dr Hardtop restore (NL)
After a year of hard work it was finally time to see if the engine would fire up.
Engine bay wiring was not finished yet so I whipped up some basic wiring and a battery for this test. I'm wearing earprotection since the engine only has the headers installed in this video. (that's also the spark in the beginning)
I've made sure I had plenty of oil pressure by priming the engine before the distributor went in.
After that I cranked the motor without petrol to set the base timing at ~10deg BTDC.
Put some petrol in the float bowls, pumped up the carb until the boosters started squirting and voila! It runs!
Fired right up!. Really happy to hear it run after a lot of work and it being 1.5 years since I've heard it run.
As some of you know I'm working on restoring my '68 Newport.
1968 Newport 4dr Hardtop restore (NL)
After a year of hard work it was finally time to see if the engine would fire up.
Engine bay wiring was not finished yet so I whipped up some basic wiring and a battery for this test. I'm wearing earprotection since the engine only has the headers installed in this video. (that's also the spark in the beginning)
I've made sure I had plenty of oil pressure by priming the engine before the distributor went in.
After that I cranked the motor without petrol to set the base timing at ~10deg BTDC.
Put some petrol in the float bowls, pumped up the carb until the boosters started squirting and voila! It runs!
Fired right up!. Really happy to hear it run after a lot of work and it being 1.5 years since I've heard it run.
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