Lol, I love these old cars. Thats why I bought the fastback. I haven't started a thread on it yet, but it's coming. All the lessons learned on the coupe are being implemented with the fastback.

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Your car makes me miss mine and for the most part I don't actually miss it lol.

Those wheels....


They look familiar.

Put some new wheels on the coupe. Same style, MB Old School, but in gun metal with a polished lip.

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When is the MTF front end going on?

I just happened to see this, are/were you stationed at camp dawson?

I found this beautiful 68 coupe in Arizona and had it shipped out here to WV where I'm currently stationed.

How has the fuel injection gone so far since it's been a few months. Hows the computer learned your driving well enough at this point to tell a difference?

I took the car out today for it maiden voyage with the EFI. Just went around the complex here and then took it out around the block. The exhaust made some pops here and there. I think it got a bit better as I drive, so maybe the EFI learning is part to blame. The car had a slight hesitation when I was just puttering around the lot. This may also be due to the linkage not being as smooth as a cable set-up (future project lol)

When I got the car out on the access road and punched the throttle, I was amazed. The car took off like a rocket with no hesitation, I couldn't believe how smooth the rpms climbed. With the Edelbrock carb it always had a bit of a bog as the secondaries opened then it went. I still need to keep an eye on it and take it for a few longer drives but right now I'd say the conversion was worth every bit of head ache I ran into.

I had rubbing issues with a plug wire on my MSD distributor and the Edelbrock air cleaner. One of the reason I switched to a slightly smaller air cleaner.

Ran into a few snags while doing the EFI install. I decided to replace the distributor with a nice unit. I nabbed an MSD Billet distributor:

MSD Pro-Billet Street Distributors 84791 - Free Shipping on Orders Over $99 at Summit Racing

It looks great and went it without too many issues. However, it is quite a bit larger then the OEM distributors. Here's a few shots showing the clearance I have with a standard air cleaner size.

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I was also having an issue with the cleaner base hitting the fuel line, so I got a nice 1/2" billet spacer.

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For those that haven't seen the other thread, here's a shot of the engine bay (minus the shiny new distributor)

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