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  1. crazypete

    So how do you know when to give up?

    From nov 1999 through april 2001, I owned a saab 9000 after I wrecked my first stang. I keep going back to the thought of how nice it was to walk out, turn the key and never worry about weather the car was going to run that day. And this was a 170k mile saab! I'd get another one tommorrow as a...
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    So how do you know when to give up?

    I feel like I've been doing nothing since february but fixing little problem after little problem and spending thousands of dollars (little things add up real quick!). In the end I still have an unreliable and rather rough looking and feeling car. I could easily have bought a new car on the...
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    Actually, it would have passed if I didnt have locked out timing. The numbers were so damn close. And my first tune was "slightly lean" running 87 octane with acetone. If I had a full spark advance, it wouldnt have failed cycles 3 and 4. The most important thing is fresh fresh cats. Install...
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    Can those repair station inspection dynos do actual hp/torque curves?

    I wasnt looking for actual dyno tuning and I feel the car is running pretty close to it's potential right now. I've finished my auto building project and I just wanna know what hp and torque it makes right now so I can thump myself on the chest and say I own a 350 rwhp car. I was thinking a...
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    So in the end...its not what you know, it's who you know. They took pity on me after they saw I had failed something like the 5th time and they kept the car overnight so they could "tune it up and get it to pass". I came by the next day and it had a sticker on it. I didnt ask any questions and...
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    Thanks guys for hanging in there with me. I've taken care of the timing issue. It was all in the distributor. It basically was running the equivalent of locked out timing with a small 7 degree mechanical advance. This is why I could take 40 degrees initial timing. It also means I ran the last...
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    So it turns out the distributor was the problem. The old 76 granada distributor's advance mechanism no longer worked and the vacuum advance never has worked properly. Got me a new accel I can now get about 18 degrees initial before pinging, 40 total and vaccum advance now works. Totally...
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    Question for 750 CFM Carbed 5.0 owners here please

    With all the stuff in my sig, I run a 570 vacuum secondary. I had the 670 and it was far too much. A lot of the folks who say 750's run "just fine" have probably "learned to accept that carbs idle crappy" and such and dont know what they're missing by going to a properly sized carb. The...
  9. crazypete

    LOL, Now THIS is rustproofing

    Allright guys: here's a pictorial update! You will also see that catalytic converters dont like to be primed or painted too! See? It's a nice dark smooth texture down there....not too much dirt. In places it looks like it wore off but trust me, if you were to poke your finger at the subframe...
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    LOL, Now THIS is rustproofing

    Actually, I dont even think they noticed. The grease kinda blackened from road dirt and flattened out completely to match the contours of the floorpan so it kinda just looks like the underside is a little dirty. Even now, months later, that stuff is sticking fast and its all pretty much still...
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    My cats are rattling...Any way to make them stop?

    If it's rattling, that means the welds on one side broke already. Just find the offending heat shield half and break it off by hand. I did this by the side of the road once when I got tired of "t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-cl-cl-clank-clank clankity cl cl clank". If none of the shields are loose then the...
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    Carburetor Question

    The vacuum secs will only open under load at higher rpms. I got the spring kit from holley and it lists the earliest open points for secondaries as something like 2500 rpms on a 302. They will not open in neutral revving the engine. You need to do the string trick. Tie some floss around the...
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    AOD gurus to the rescue please...

    The transmission lines are supposed to be able to move and rotate a little bit. Thats their design. As long as the fitting itself is properly sized and is tight, I dont think you should have any problems.
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    So I ordered a new accel distributor with easy adjustable counterweights and adjustable vacuum secondaries. But... I was thinking. This advanced timing might be good for reduced HC and CO, right? Nox might go up but it was nonexistant in the last test anyways. Should I leave the...
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    So I just advanced my timing even more! You know how the balancer says -10->32 then "BTC ::: E4tE" Well, I put the timing to between the TC of the BTC...which is about 42-45 degrees and still no pinging!! I advanced it again to the 4 of the E4TE (50-53 degrees appr. ) and FINALLY some pinging...
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    Ok 2 things: 1. My car is possessed. So I set the timing to 10 degrees and put the jetting to 54/56 3.5 PV, black sec spring. I get this white puffy smoke from the tailpipes....ok I have just seafoamed the engine to get rid of the thick black soot on everything. It was either that burning off...
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    thinking of going carb'd (another one)

    The main parts of the swap can be done in a weekend but getting it to actually run like a car will take a week or two.
  18. crazypete

    Carb--> EFI... Can (2) Regulators be used w/EFI Fuel Pump ??

    With mechanical FP, there is no return line. A single hose running to the tank is all. As for the pickup, you drop the tank, remove the EFI pump and replace it with fuel line just a bit longer than necessary to reach the bottom of the tank. This way the hose turns sideways a bit and acts as a...
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    Carbed in MA: Failed Emm(HC:2/1.2 CO:27.37/20) Need tips!

    The verdict. I was right. Ripped power valve gasket. I knew something was amiss when I pulled the primary bowl screw and nothing came out. Further evidence was the pitch black plugs and almost oily goo on the threads of every plug. Man...I'm gonna have to seafoam this engine now before my...
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    thinking of going carb'd (another one)

    Just cause something is not easy doesnt make it not worth doing. Besides, if the epa smog nazis have their way, in a few years, older cars will be subjected to more and more stringent emissions laws until they choke everyone into buying new cars every 5-7 years. I ran my efi on an 87 and a 91...
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