1976 Scorpion; Gold

[icr]

Pump in place.

 

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Bolts for the pulley.
Water pump manifold getting attached.
Ready for the timing belt.

 

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Timing belt in place. (The backwards water cooling housing is sitting there just to cover the hole so nothing falls in there.)

 

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I printed out a little wheel to put on the cam pulley to count teeth, just to make sure everything OK. Quick and dirty check is within a few degrees of the nominal values for the cam. It would have to be 17.142 degrees off for a single belt tooth skip.

 

[Ron Avery]

Very inspiring work on your Scorpion.

 

[icr]

Slow but steady progress.

 

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I installed the new spark plugs and measured the valve clearances. They were all reasonable, I did not need to exchange any shims.

 

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I put some marks on the flywheel approximating -34 to -38 per information in the Guy Croft tuning manual.

Using a continuity buzzer, I set the static maximum advance there by spreading the advance weights through a small hole in the top plate of the distributor.

 

[icr]

The 10x1075 belt I got from Midwest Bayless was too small.

The alternator was all the way over in the adjustment slot and the rubber insulator on the back of the alternator was hitting the intake manifold.

I found a 10x1080 on line but it hasn’t arrived yet to see if it will be ok.

 

[mikeroten]

The 10x1075 belt I got from Midwest Bayless was too small.

The alternator was all the way over in the adjustment slot and the rubber insulator on the back of the alternator was hitting the intake manifold.

I found a 10x1080 on line but it hasn’t arrived yet to see if it will be ok.

midwest sold me the wrong v-belt too

 

[icr]

After some trial and error I settled on this belt.

 

[mikeroten]

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Slow but steady progress.

talk to me more about this carb setup please