"That's what 5th (and a 2 liter) is all about..."
It's even better with 5th and a 3.6 liter...
Bob: IM S6 posted:"That's what 5th (and a 2 liter) is all about..."
It's even better with 5th and a 3.6 liter...
You could have a two-speed powerglide with that engine, Bob.
We need several newbies to buy cars. The State is burning to the ground.
If the Pentronix is a pile, what's the right distributor and ignition to put in there?
To be fair - I've only had the pleasure of driving the car on the freeway (mostly) since I've been trying to sort out this ignition issue. Maybe I need to find some curves and have some fun. There is the other issue that I haven't driven the car for a while. I've only put 2800 miles on it since I bought Tom's motor! it's possible I forget what the 4 speed was like.
I've noticed the 5 speed is significantly louder in 3rd and 4th. I'm assuming that's normal.
Regardless of all that, I'm super excited to have the car running and drive-able again.
Ted, when we discussed the five speed a while back I mentioned that the third and fourth will be louder than the stock gears due to the gear tooth cut. [aftermarket gears]. Also the front berg mount with the alum spacers transmit more noise.
the pertronix is a hit and miss. some customers have no issues and others been thru a couple of modules. remember you can't leave the key in on position while engine is not running because it will burn the unit up. Mitch has had good luck with the CB unit and we have installed a few MSD units with great success.
Anthony!
Im sure you mentioned the gears being louder. That conversation was two and a half years ago! Im sure it slipped my mind. I run the Magnaspark 2 from CB. I bet I smoked it when I wired the 12v+ draw to the - on the coil. I'll own that. 
What the heck have you guys been up to!? I haven't replied here in over a year?!
Here is what has been keeping me busy:
Started out as a good runner. Poor paint. Okay interior. I went nuts and completely redid the entire car top to bottom.
Here is the punch line... Tinkering with the notion of a ... 5 speed!
Now that this one is done I can shift my attention back to the Speedster.
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Ted,
Nice car. Boy your son has grown !!! I guess the Austin, will be his driver education vehicle.
Art
He really was mini
Actually my son and I did the Pacific coastal highway in April of 2015 when he got home he tells me you know dad I could not see over the dash at times...
I said to him why didn't you say something then we could have gotten you a cushion.
Today he is nearly 6'2" and has no issues.
Wicked cool, Ted.
850cc, 1,000 or 1275?
He's grown so much in the past year, it's crazy. The pants he's wearing in the photo above are now about 3" too short for him!
I'm looking forward to getting back on the speedster.
Gordon Nichols posted:Wicked cool, Ted.
850cc, 1,000 or 1275?
1310. HIF44 SU. Mainflow Long center branch header, single can silencer. 3.44 diff. S discs. Big valve head. 1.4:1 Carver rockers.
I went bonkers with it.
Okaayyyy! I have had an issue with the Speedster since putting in the motor/5 speed. The car would just die when driving it. After about 20 minutes or so it would buck a little bit and die. After a bit... It would just start again without any issue.
When I installed the motor I "upgraded" to an AN6 stainless steel fuel line setup. It buttoned up the engine nicely.
The last time the car died and wouldn't restart I noticed the fuel pressure gauge was buried on 0 with the fuel pump running. When the car started back up... I noticed the fuel pressure was right at 1.5psi. Made me wonder if the fuel was vapor locking.
Pulled the stainless lines and swapped out with low tech rubber fuel line. Drove it for an hour. Let it idle for 20 minuted while I futzed with carb adjustment... No stalling.
Now I have two odd carburator issues. Im running 44IDFs
1) The fuel mixture screw for the number 1 cylinder has zero impact on the way the car idles.
2) When trying to balance the carbs, the number 3 cylinder has more draw than the other 3 are all at 3" that other one is 4".
Need to do some internet searches / you tube research. Once I button that up... I will be placing the car up for sale. 
I never thought I would type those words.
First of all, 3 psi for Webers, not 1.5, that's for Solex/Kadrons.
The cylinder with no effect on screw most probably has a plugged idle circuit.
The snail gauge readings at idle can be addressed by my article on carb sync, available here for paying members and on Spyderclub.com for everyone else in Tips and Tricks section.
Do you have any tight bends in the AN lines? Rubber works with tighter bends that stainless AN lines.
No tight bends. Just big beautiful sweeping curves.
https://www.airkewld.com/IDF-W...-Line-Kit-p/8083.htm
May be too early to tell for sure. I need to fix the uneven draw on the left bank and then figure out why the #1 mixture screw isn't working.
That hard fuel line kit should be ILLEGAL to sell. Yeah, lets put hard lines on an engine that grows maybe 1/4" and then shrinks when it cools. Can you say metal fatigue? Eventually, those lines are going to crack. When that happens, I don't want to be around.
That kit could be fixed with a 2" long flexible hose between the carbs.
I just worked on an engine that has that setup and told hi, to get rid of it or modify it.
@TRP bring the carb with both barrels reading 3 up a touch with the idle speed screw on that carb. On the carb that reads 3 and 4, bring the low barrel up with the idle air bypass. Then re-balance and make it happy at idle with all 4 throats the same at whatever idle speed you prefer. Don't shoot for any particular reading, just all 4 the same. Then do a high speed sync.
I tried to adjust the idle air bypass on #4 to bring it up to match #3 and it didn't make ANY difference. Super odd. I took a break for the rest of the day.
1- What Danny said about the hard fuel line kit. There has to be some flexible line to account for expansion during warm up or it's a disaster waiting to happen. It won't happen for a while, but when (not if) it does...
2- Again, as Danny said, 3psi for fuel pressure and start with all the rest he said as well.
Sorry to hear you're selling the Speedster, Ted, but after your experience with the Berg 5 I'm not surprised. Good luck with putting a 5th gear in the Mini, and if you're ever through Vancouver, look me up- you still owe me a couple beers 
Well... After nearly 8 years of ownership this thread will draw to a close. This past weekend I sold the speedster to a new owner. The car now resides in Turlock California. I'll let the new owner introduce himself when he is ready.
Selling the Speedster was step two of a three part plan to simplify the garage (step one was selling the mini at auction back in November). The final step will be listing and selling the Boxster.
It seems fitting that selling the Speedster brought with it some rain to our golden state. Or maybe the rain came from me buying another plastic car?
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Sorry to see it go, Ted. From the 2 liter, wide 5 discs (what kit did you go with again?) to the Berg 5 and Tecnomagnesio wheels (the only thing lighter than the Vintage 190's), you built a pretty neat car. Sorry to see it go. At least you had the sense to buy another convertible (what year is it?) and I hope you still hang out here occasionally. Al
Yeah, sort of sad to see it go. Fun ride for sure.
The new car is a 1966. CA car it's entire life. Central Valley car up until 83 (two owners; one in Fresno and one in Lodi). From 83 until 2020 it was owned by the same guy in Alameda. It's in fantastic shape. 327/300. 4 speed. Very well documented maintenance record and ownership history. Oddly enough this was a factory soft top delete car.
I'll hang around here for sure. Someone needs to pick on Teby. Plus I'll be heading to Fresno to bug Robert when I have the soft top installed on the car. As luck would gave it, Fresno is home to THE best (only?) C1/C2 soft top frame builders in the US.
Anybody wanna buy a 2000 Boxster S, 43k miles, soft top and hard top.
Ted
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Sad Ted, but I guess life must go on.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, plastic to plastic.
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...Rust to rust.
Let me know when you show up in Fresno Ted. I think I owe you a beer or two!
had a 66 396/425, no PS or PB, was a handful to drive at low speeds, blue with white soft top, no hardtop
Great looking car! I want an early C3 chrome bumper, but haven't completely convinced my wife...yet. 
But, I have a question...does your neighbor get high-centered driving into their garage??
Ted!
You gonna put a 5-speed into the 'Vette?
Just kidding, but there was a guy in one of my car clubs that had a Doug Nash 4+3 overdrive in his Vette. It was a later model car, though.
That '66 is a very pretty car, for sure and they never, ever look old.
Not sad Ted! It's much fun to see a new owner having a great time. I love when @Ryan (formerly) in NorCal post photos in the car he got from me. Plus I'm sure you will stick around these parts. I owe you post COVID beers, I think you bought last time.
-=theron