So this is the part where everyone hates me for not painting my car. Sorry dudes. I'm broke and I'm gonna start driving this beast. I'll worry about painting the outside later. Until then...
I'm about to start the car up in the next couple days and i've got a few questions.
1. What paint finish I should have on my air cleaner? The air cleaner i've got appears to be original and looks to have a semi-gloss or gloss black finish, but i've also seen the wrinkle finish on air cleaners and it looks pretty nice. What's factory for this/preferred?
2. What sticker is my air cleaner supposed to have on it? I would guess the 383 magnum orange and black sticker, but i've seen some with super commando 383 on them and I really don't know the difference to be honest. An old guy was telling me today that the magnum meant the 383 had 440 heads? I always thought magnum just meant 4 barrel carb
3. I've got too much space between my fan and the shroud and it looks like I need a spacer in between the pulley and the fan and i'm wondering if this is normal/stock, what the proper spacer is (like 2", 3"
), and where i can pick one up. I checked the normal o'reilly and there are a few versions.
4. On the carburetor, passenger side at the back of the carb near the right rear bolt hole there's a vacuum line and i'm wondering where or if I hook it up. Can't find anything on this in my manuals.
5. Carburetor bolts? I've been hunting around for what to do and the info i've come up with is that mopars don't use carb studs because a cast iron block doesn't need them, so i'm having a bit of trouble figuring out exactly which bolts are proper to use. Also, when the engine was dyno'd it got about 9 more horsepower with a 1" spacer below the carb (they said because of heat transfer). My plan was to use a thick 1/4"ish black paper felpro spacer/gasket to accomplish this. That would mean longer bolts. Ideas/resources?
Thanks guys!!!! With any luck i'll fire this thing up in the next couple days here!
Oh yeah, and one final question. Does anyone use Rotella 15w40 in their car? I know it's subjective, but what do most guys use for oil? I've heard the rotella is the closest to what they would've had back then...
