My Lil’ Red Wagon belched it’s first breath of fire this morning, a small step in the long run but a big deal today. I dry cranked it first with the sparkplugs out to make sure I had oil pressure, then tried to start it up. After figuring out I had the dizzy leads reversed (doh!), it fired right up on the next crank. It settled into a nice high idle, so I checked the timing and found it pretty close. Oil pressure was 80+ psi, and the fuel pressure needed to be adjusted down to 3-4 lbs. No big leaks, so I let it run for about 5 minutes, then shut it down. After letting it cool down for several hours I retorqued the cylinder head and cam tower bolts, checked the valve clearances, and tightened up a couple things to get rid of some little leaks. Next will be finishing up the exhaust system and airbox, then getting the steering aligned and the car corner-weighted. Tick-tock, tick-tock…
Congrats! Glad to hear that you’re really close to completion. Look forward to your updates and pics!