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Mitchell Le (Yelcab1)
Member
Username: Yelcab1
Post Number: 527
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 10:50 pm: | |
You are one lucky guy. I cannot believe you drove it that way and it did not catch on fire. |
Bill Steele (Glassman)
Junior Member
Username: Glassman
Post Number: 202
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 8:12 pm: | |
You will need to get rid of the cam belt tensioner bearings also. My car sat garaged for 12 years and although the belts looked good the bearings were shot! |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member
Username: Parkerfe
Post Number: 2188
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 2:19 pm: | |
Change all belts, hoses and fluids ASAP. |
"The Don" (Mlemus)
Advanced Member
Username: Mlemus
Post Number: 4262
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 1:43 pm: | |
Actually, Change all the belts. |
"The Don" (Mlemus)
Advanced Member
Username: Mlemus
Post Number: 4261
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 1:42 pm: | |
Timing Belts need changing. |
Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraristuff
Post Number: 243
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 1:33 pm: | |
Dan,
your feeling about it not being as fast as WITH airfilter is probably correct.
The carbs are jetted to a specific airsupply (with airfilter).
When all of a sudden increasing the airsupply, the engine gets a lot more air but probably not enough fuel so it runs too lean and you the have the POTENTIAL of messing up the engine.
It's not nearly as bad as false air but it will simply run better with the airbox on.
If it has been standing for so long, I would check all gaskets and rubber parts and exchange the ones that you can easily get to.
Would also change the brake fuild as that has probably accumulated a lot of moisture too.
Also change the cooling liquid as that will have gone bad as well.
Maybe even drain the fuel tank to remove moisture and debris.
Just my 0.02 Lira.
Jack |
dan preston (Cobaltdan)
New member
Username: Cobaltdan
Post Number: 24
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 11:47 am: | |
i recently bought a great condition 1978 308 gt4 that was basically garaged for 10 years. it has about 50k miles on it and probably only about 1000 in the last 10 years.
i changed the oil and battery and have been driving it for the last several weekends.
i noticed that it smelled of gas and upon inspection noticed that fuel was driping onto the engine from under the air filter box. I removed the box and first off was amazed at how dirty the box was. the filter was pretty much useless and paint chips, and debris were in there. i carefully vacuumed all dirt out, removed the carb trumpets, then the air filter box.
it was then easy to replace the leaking fuel lines (seems the rubber hose was all cracked and saturated the fibre overbraid). i didn't want to put the box back on without removing the flaking paint and replacing the filter so i just bolted the trumpets back on to the webbers direct and put some pantyhose over the inlets.
i was amazed at the difference in noise the engine made. it went from high pitch to a grunty, louder low pitch (not sure i like it as much?).
but my question to the group is i was should the engin feel more powerful now? it in fact felt slight less powerfull. dont get me wrong the car was a blast to drive all day (had to takethe stockings off, was paranoid that they would melt) but in a fast acceleration it didnt seem to whip my head back as much as the week before?
is this because of my temporary carb modification or do i have issue with my clutch?
?? |