You may all openly mock me starting now. Or "how I blew close to 2 grand for nothing"
I get my car over here. I am driving it home from inspection when things go haywire. The car keeps stalling out on me. I call the guy who built the motor and explained what was happening.
Him: "Well, it is tough to say but what you are describing could be a problem with the ignition."
In fact, the points were all screwed up in the dizzy and the inspector noted this.
Me: "so what should I do?"
Him: "You have the old ignition and dizzy in there. You might as well upgrade them. I suggest an MSD 6AL ignition and a new MSD pro-billet dizzy. That might fix the problem, assuming the problem is with your ignition and dizzy."
So I order those parts along with wires. After the purchase price, shipping from the US to here, 30% in duty and VAT, I have paid in excess of $1,000.
I install these parts and start her up. Take her on the the road. Same thing as before. Car just dies out. I have to pull over, wait a min or two, and then start up only to die off.
I solicit advice here and there. I am told by some, including folks here to consider a new fuel pump. I order a new Holley Blue along with a fuel log. Purchase price, shipping, duty and vat bring this to almost $500. I have it installed. That is not cheap either. The shop starts it up. Runs like a raped ape on the dyno. Then they road test it and the car sputters and dies.
The shope goes through a list. the carb is new, the lines are new, the log is new, the fuel pump is new. They guess that the fuel sender is bad. I order a new one from MU. I tell them I need it ASAP so I can make a race in Bitburg. Please send it Global Express mail. Well, they send it but w/o a post code, something I told them was crucial for getting packages delivered here. (Two weeks later, it is still no where to be found). Knowing that the package would be very much delayed, I am forced to order a new one. I cannot trust MU not to F up again so I order from LMM. I tell them to ship it Global Express. They ship it Global Express Guaranteed, which is twice as expensive as GLobeal Express. I pay $30 for the part and $55 for the postage. I have already paid $65 for the same part from MU, which is still nowhere in sight. I finally get it and rush it to the shop. Turns out that the carb was getting way too much fuel pressure and this was blasting the needles into a stuck position. This was my problem from day one. All I needed was a $23 Holley Max Pressure Fuel Regulator. Sigh. I hate myself. I would have much rather spent the money on the new paint job, which is once again put off do to my spuriorous deductions and proflagrat spending.
I get my car over here. I am driving it home from inspection when things go haywire. The car keeps stalling out on me. I call the guy who built the motor and explained what was happening.
Him: "Well, it is tough to say but what you are describing could be a problem with the ignition."
In fact, the points were all screwed up in the dizzy and the inspector noted this.
Me: "so what should I do?"
Him: "You have the old ignition and dizzy in there. You might as well upgrade them. I suggest an MSD 6AL ignition and a new MSD pro-billet dizzy. That might fix the problem, assuming the problem is with your ignition and dizzy."
So I order those parts along with wires. After the purchase price, shipping from the US to here, 30% in duty and VAT, I have paid in excess of $1,000.
I install these parts and start her up. Take her on the the road. Same thing as before. Car just dies out. I have to pull over, wait a min or two, and then start up only to die off.
I solicit advice here and there. I am told by some, including folks here to consider a new fuel pump. I order a new Holley Blue along with a fuel log. Purchase price, shipping, duty and vat bring this to almost $500. I have it installed. That is not cheap either. The shop starts it up. Runs like a raped ape on the dyno. Then they road test it and the car sputters and dies.
The shope goes through a list. the carb is new, the lines are new, the log is new, the fuel pump is new. They guess that the fuel sender is bad. I order a new one from MU. I tell them I need it ASAP so I can make a race in Bitburg. Please send it Global Express mail. Well, they send it but w/o a post code, something I told them was crucial for getting packages delivered here. (Two weeks later, it is still no where to be found). Knowing that the package would be very much delayed, I am forced to order a new one. I cannot trust MU not to F up again so I order from LMM. I tell them to ship it Global Express. They ship it Global Express Guaranteed, which is twice as expensive as GLobeal Express. I pay $30 for the part and $55 for the postage. I have already paid $65 for the same part from MU, which is still nowhere in sight. I finally get it and rush it to the shop. Turns out that the carb was getting way too much fuel pressure and this was blasting the needles into a stuck position. This was my problem from day one. All I needed was a $23 Holley Max Pressure Fuel Regulator. Sigh. I hate myself. I would have much rather spent the money on the new paint job, which is once again put off do to my spuriorous deductions and proflagrat spending.
you aren't the only one.
so it works out cheaper to source the parts yourself from the States. You guys State side have no idea how lucky you are to have all the parts you need virtually on your doorstep for a fraction of the price
And shipping charges are pretty decent as well. 20% of the order cost I think and they don't charge a handling fee either. Being based on the east coast it may make it a bit cheaper for you for shipping. They don't have an online store yet so you have to order by fax. I've recieved my parts quicker from these guys than cal-mustang or dallas mustang. The weight is the killer when it comes to shipping though. I use USPS when I can as it's cheaper than UPS etc, but I'm not usually in much of a hurry to get the parts. Hope that helps.
