RB_Shaggs Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 So long story short i have been eyeing this dime for months, since the first kid that bought it off the old guy who died. the first kid that got it put it through a fence and mashed up the pass. side doors and fender then he traded it for a 4runner. so now the kid who got it on the trade, had problems with the su's.. so he wanted to get rid of it. so i traded him for my daily 620 because he wanted a truck. i have my 510 shell and the body panels are good so i am going to swap all that next week but tues. (my day off) i am pulling the su's off and puttting my downdraft for my KC on it and trying to fix the ignition so i can drive it. while i fix the su's. it has a L18 w/ a87 head su's and a five speed, with a cage. i feel i got a killer deal. the truck the new dime Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 sweeeeeet nice score man Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Awesome! Now you have 2 white dimes! Hey so do I :D Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 So what are you going to do? Swap the motor, over or the body panels over? Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 body paneles my other one is just a shell.. i gotta swap to my 332/36 empi downdraft while i fix the su's and i need to figure out a way to work a ignition until i can get a keyed one.. i will post some more pics and progress tomorrow when i hopefully get it running. Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 so today i have put my battery in it and a ignition from a truck and i got it to start and run drove it around the block but when the electric fuel pump turns on when you turn the key the su's leak fuel like the bowls are filling any ideas. Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 well i need to get a rebuild kit for the carbs i hink anyone got suggestions of where to go to get one Quote Link to comment
Jason Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Your SU's will like about 3.5 lbs of pressure. Get a fuel regulator set for 3.5 lbs and reset the float levels and you should be able to tune the SU's. Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 thanks for the info in case they need a rebuild do you know where and how much a kit runs Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 http://www.jetlink.net/~okayfine/sutech.html http://www.ztherapy.com Quote Link to comment
ppeters914 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Nice. Can't wait for the video of you draggin' your dime. :D Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 okay so here is my delima.. does anyone know what the hitachi model number for the SU's are.. i found a SU rebuild kit but it is not the right thing the float gasket is different. here are pics the kit that i have the kit i need the biggest difference is the float set up for the gasket. the su kit has a 3 hole gasket but i need a 4 hole gasket.. so if i can get the hitachi model number i should be able to order it through my parts guy.. also funny story the float is a ping pong ball. Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 okay so does anyone have some floats laying around because mine has ping pong balls for floats and i think that is part of the problem.. Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 I have a set of used floats... Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 ping pong balls? are you sreious how hoopty is that Quote Link to comment
ezcruiser Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 lol, thats pretty resourceful! Not only can I play beer pong with them but I can keep a couple in the datsun in case the floats stop floating! Ha ha! Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 so i got a set of floats from slodat (thanks again).. got the SUs put back together put a fuel pressure regulator inline. now i have a issue where when i start my car it goes immediately to full throttle, and does not go back down. i am baffeled i tried everything i could think of and it still does it. anybody got ideas Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 zerow? zerow where are you? he just rehashed a set of su's he might be able to help Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 did you change the dampening oil? springs good for the return side of the cable or linkage??? Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 i did not change the oil and all the return springs are connected properly as far as i can tell Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 nevermind i am a moron. all it took was a fresh set of eyes. i had a tab on the bottom instead of the middle for the linkage, so my butterflys were at 1/4throttle. now i just need to get them tuned and i should be good. Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 :confused:okay these su's are making me pull my hair out.. i ran a F.P.R. put actual floats in, adjusted them, and changed the damper oil. yet still under load it is falling on it's face like it does not have enough fuel. so i give it some more fuel yet it still stumbles, less then before nut still stumbles. i really don't want to take them off because then i have to find linkage. i just don't know what to do.:confused::mad: Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 needles sticking? Quote Link to comment
hughdogz Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) Did you set the needle height in the piston properly? Make sure they bottom out exactly in the jet nozzle (at zero turns fine mixture) Also (at least for z-car SU's) the fine mixture adjustment nut is 3.5 turns out stock setting...if either of these are off by too much, that might be the problem. Hope this helped... [Edit: Also check that the pistons can slide up and down without binding in the domes.] Edited February 12, 2009 by hughdogz Quote Link to comment
RB_Shaggs Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 :confused:okay so these are beyond my fixing level i guess i am baffeled so i am going to go to my single downdraft but i need the throttel cable since this car has all the fancy su linkage anybody happen to have one? i will post picks of what is on the car later today. Quote Link to comment
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