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I've owned my cougar for going on almost 3 yrs now. In that time in my pursuit of more power and kick I've changed the carburetor, added dual electric cooling fans, installed aluminum heads with an electronic ignition and had to replace my 3spd C4 trans with an AOD after I blew the C4.
Still my car had no oomph or noticeable kickdown like the C4 trans gave me. After spending all that money, well over $8k (which I don't regret, btw) I finally found out what the real problem was.
It turns out that along the line of my car being worked on, someone installed the distributor wrong and retarded the timing by about 6 or 7 degrees. This was missed by two other shops that I took my car in for work. My car would surge at stop lights and when I gave it gas to go on the green light it would sometimes die on me.
Frustrated, I went back to a trusted shop I used years ago and now the cat is running better than ever. The car is scary fun to drive now, so scary that my wife is refusing to set foot in it again until I get a set of shoulder belts that I've been putting off buying for so long. I have to get em soon too because I'm scheduled to drive it in a parade in Iowa this coming May.
Anyone have any suggestions where I can get a set of lap and shoulder belts for a base 69 Cougar? Thanks, Martin.
Still my car had no oomph or noticeable kickdown like the C4 trans gave me. After spending all that money, well over $8k (which I don't regret, btw) I finally found out what the real problem was.
It turns out that along the line of my car being worked on, someone installed the distributor wrong and retarded the timing by about 6 or 7 degrees. This was missed by two other shops that I took my car in for work. My car would surge at stop lights and when I gave it gas to go on the green light it would sometimes die on me.
Frustrated, I went back to a trusted shop I used years ago and now the cat is running better than ever. The car is scary fun to drive now, so scary that my wife is refusing to set foot in it again until I get a set of shoulder belts that I've been putting off buying for so long. I have to get em soon too because I'm scheduled to drive it in a parade in Iowa this coming May.
Anyone have any suggestions where I can get a set of lap and shoulder belts for a base 69 Cougar? Thanks, Martin.