I put it in "2" and drove it around a bit. Variation on the symptom- it'll bog about 2000 RPM, but once past that it'll keep going.
I put it in "2" and drove it around a bit. Variation on the symptom- it'll bog about 2000 RPM, but once past that it'll keep going.
Make a redneck smoke machine?
In reply to Stampie (FS) :
Im actually about to post up a how to!
Plan:
Replace intake hose
coil
plugs + wires
SOLD to Legendscar95, who needs something to work on over the winter. Sale price is well under Challenge budget, too!
Hey Brett - you know - um - I found these fascinating links in case you're bored:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbvK-f-vF_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN7ZeJf0H3g&t=1213s
Looks like a fast, fun, easy thing to do!!!!
In reply to legendscar95 :
You can come practice on mine... ya know, just being friendly. You'll have fun, and can white wash the fence while your here!
Congrats on the new toy.
In reply to legendscar95 :
You can come practice on mine... ya know, just being friendly. You'll have fun, and can white wash the fence while your here!
Congrats on the new toy.
In reply to 03Panther :
LOL - this is a case where I'm truly hoping "the internet" is making too big a deal about it... Yeah, it really doesn't take two full days and is nearly impossible... I mean, right?!!?!
PS. I do have family in Jasper I could visit on the way to your place.. Hmmm....
Mine,( or actually, still owned be the original owner) just for reference. 175,000, and still on original Optispark! Only work ever needed under the hood is oil changes, spark plugs, (maybe wires, but not not sure) and - for some odd reason - a new thermostat ever few years.
Beautiful car!!! 
Replacing the opti and wires is involved but not too bad. Doing plugs on a car with longtubes is easy. I'm not sure what kind of peasant would attempt it on a car with stock manifolds though.
I would be very scared to attempt the long tube install itself, though!
The all black sure did look good when polished up, but she took a lot of parking lot damage through the years. Almost all it need is with the parts car at least, but a lot of labor to make it nice again. Much better candidate for a Challenge car!
In a strange twist of time and fate, this is coming back under my ownership.
A budget breakdown for the Challenge will happen once it's back home.
Jeebus brett, you're turning into me and stampie
In reply to Dusterbd13 :
Misty isn't thrilled. I never really finished this car before I sent it on, and the package was way too good to pass up. I am hoping that it's pretty much "put it back together, go to the Challenge."
If you have to bail, ill happily give you 50% return on investment.
For mistys sake.
In a very weird twist of fate, I originally bought this on 11/15/2019. I'm picking it up again on 11/15/2024.
After 5 years, I'm still a bit unsure of why I'm going to have this, but I have some better ideas this time around.
Much like many other things, I apparently need a test run before I start doing well.
It's home and in the driveway, and it'll have to wait until the current projects are completed. This one has really put me into "finish or purge" mode with a bunch of other stuff I have around right now.
I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Love to see more LT1 content
We need pictures and the story about how it both got loaded on the trailer - and - how you exited the car! :)
This is the only photo I have at the moment, since my understudy has been slow about sending me the other photos.
Foreshadowing: getting it on the trailer involved careful thought, a call in driver, rocks*, sweat, a bit of muscle and geriatric gymnastics.
*In an exciting diversion from my normal SOP, the rocks were not used as improvised earth hammers.
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