q-tip Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 413-Powered 1952 Chrysler New Yorker DOMINATES New England LeMons Race The reason is this beautiful 64-year-old luxury Chrysler, a 1952 New Yorker discovered in forsaken and engineless condition by ERM Racing team captain Dave Burden. Dave rounded up an unwanted early-1970s motorhome that had been festering for decades in someone’s yard, and the team extracted a 413 Wedge engine, Torqueflite 727 transmission and RV shifter, a big radiator, and some other pieces. Sound familiar? They couldn’t get the engine timing set right, until someone realized that the distributor turns backwards on the industrial 413 engine and they were retarding when they should have been advancing the New Yorker’s timing. http://www.roadkill.com/413-powered-1952-chrysler-new-yorker-dominates-new-england-lemons-race/ First time a 413 did anything good Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 They couldn’t get the engine timing set right, until someone realized that the distributor turns backwards on the industrial 413 engine and they were retarding when they should have been advancing the New Yorker’s timing. Soooo... They weren't using a timing light?!? :blink: Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 I had one of those - '72 Ford Cortina MKIII, except mine was a 2 door. 1 Quote Link to comment
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