Rob & Stu's 63 Polara 500

[steveo]

not sure if this is any help , have a look on page 18 / 19 , metro pdf catalogue , was having a look through their stuff the other night

https://www.metrommp.com/pages/FreeCatalog.html

https://www.metrommp.com/images/Catalog ... arPerf.pdf

[Stu Twin]

Thanks Steve, didn't find these before.
I think it's the ones that come in a 96" length and would probably have to ship via Ron. Unless 'WC 33-96' on catalog page 19 would work and is flexible enough to roll up for shipping.
I'll try an email.....

[RobTwin]

Don't you think it's ALP 27-A....?

Pic on following page shows it rolled-up so should be easily shippable....

[RobTwin]

The fact that we haven't posted on this thread for so long shows how reliable the car's been over the years, so we were a bit surprised and disappointed that it started playing up around the time of the 2022 Euronats

Just put this on fb so I thought i should get it on here before I get told off

Haven't used the 63 for over a year as we've been chasing a misfire which became a no-fire!
We replaced all the ignition parts (Firecore distributor, coil and leads) but found the dizzy didn't rotate freely so with a fair amount of help from our MMA mate Ian Mitchell (Herts meeting regular), we got it stripped and rebuilt back to where we could fit it.
In the meantime, Geof Hauser gave the carbs a once-over... not the full refurb we wanted but a quick clean and check there was nothing obviously wrong with them.
Ian came over last weekend to help install the dizzy correctly and we got it started and idling without a misfire for the first time in ages

Took 'her' out today to make sure it didn't misfire or stumble under load. Which it didn't thankfully.
Driver side plugs are still very sooty and the carbs don't really respond to mixture screw adjustments so they still need a proper looking at, but happy the car's up and running again

I did add a couple of short vids on facebook but you'll have to make do with this obligatory engine shot

[Pete]

Good that you have made progress.

[Stu]

Excellent news.

[Charger]

great job

[Dave999]

might be worth rigging up some vacuum advance.
that will help stop the plugs getting grubby at idle
45* under no load is perfect
with 15 initial to allow it to start.

i never bothered with it until i got some bits recently for mine.
vacuum can that worked and one of these

https://www.gsparkplug.com/1x-vacuum-ad ... 5wQAvD_BwE

well i had one of these. purchased about 15 years ago...Basically i found it again in the bottom of my garage "filing cabinet" ...


been a revelation,
just whacked it on manifold vacuum
i don't have ported vacuum on a weber DCOE
had to calm idle speed slightly

other than that best thing i've done in years... made the car feel 50% smaller, lift off the gas at speed and to be honest, and it is kinda like you didn't.
acceleration is a tad more aggressive, which is nice

no pinging in evidence.

my interest in adding vacuum advance again was piqued after reading this

https://www.460ford.com/threads/timing- ... er.117504/
a slightly different view from the usual..... you don't need it ....junk it etc which might be true if the car never saw street driving.


Dave