Hi everyone,
I recently picked up a new project car for my son and I to tackle in the form of a 68 Mustang coupe with a 351w (stroked to 387). We've been doing a lot of preliminary maintenance to fix some of the glaring issues before we remove the engine and transmission for the restoration. We want it running before we tear it apart. We've named it "Frankenstang" because of the numerous "creative" (shall we say) decisions a previous owner made.
In particular, I found a pair of oddities I could use help with. On the passenger side valve cover, the vent hose makes its way back to the manifold. You'll see on top of the manifold, what I'm assuming is just a fitting for the vacuum port. There's a small section of hose coming out with a bolt threaded into it. Obviously the bolt is supposed to stop vacuum air flow from outside, but I'd like to know what the correct setup would be here. Otherwise, it seems like it'd make sense to install a fitting without the extra vacuum hose attachment, but I'm not sure. More importantly, it seems like a PCV valve should be somewhere inline. I could use thoughts on that.
Second, on the front of the carb are similar hacks. There's a wheel stud inserted into a short section of hose with the other end attached to the carb. Next to it there's a a Phillip's head bolt in a smaller section of tubing. Both are just dangling there. The cap on the driver's side valve cover is not vented. In any case, I could really use some help understanding what one of the previous owners was up to, and how the engine should be properly set up.
It does run, and seems to run well. But I want to get this set up right, and wheel studs and random bolts just isn't what I'm going for.
Thanks for the help on getting this set up right!
I recently picked up a new project car for my son and I to tackle in the form of a 68 Mustang coupe with a 351w (stroked to 387). We've been doing a lot of preliminary maintenance to fix some of the glaring issues before we remove the engine and transmission for the restoration. We want it running before we tear it apart. We've named it "Frankenstang" because of the numerous "creative" (shall we say) decisions a previous owner made.
In particular, I found a pair of oddities I could use help with. On the passenger side valve cover, the vent hose makes its way back to the manifold. You'll see on top of the manifold, what I'm assuming is just a fitting for the vacuum port. There's a small section of hose coming out with a bolt threaded into it. Obviously the bolt is supposed to stop vacuum air flow from outside, but I'd like to know what the correct setup would be here. Otherwise, it seems like it'd make sense to install a fitting without the extra vacuum hose attachment, but I'm not sure. More importantly, it seems like a PCV valve should be somewhere inline. I could use thoughts on that.
Second, on the front of the carb are similar hacks. There's a wheel stud inserted into a short section of hose with the other end attached to the carb. Next to it there's a a Phillip's head bolt in a smaller section of tubing. Both are just dangling there. The cap on the driver's side valve cover is not vented. In any case, I could really use some help understanding what one of the previous owners was up to, and how the engine should be properly set up.
It does run, and seems to run well. But I want to get this set up right, and wheel studs and random bolts just isn't what I'm going for.
Thanks for the help on getting this set up right!
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. I've been traversing NPD and already had a bunch of sheet metal body parts I was about to order, so I'll add a few plugs and hoses to the order. I like the idea of routing to the front of the carb and capping off everything else. I might also consider possibly picking up a vented cap from Summit for the driver's side and running that hose over as well. In any case, thanks so much for the input. That's what I was looking for.
