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Wow "While a Z-speed rating still often appears in the tire size designation of these tires, such as 225/50ZR16 91W, the Z in the size...
Turns out they are both Disneyland E-Ticket rides! I am writing up a more detailed account but I had the CTS figured out every bit as fast as I...
Today's funny battery story. I decided to drive the Mondial down to the local winery today, turned the battery switch but the battery was dead...
I made the mistake of taking my 1986 coupe out last Winter. It was threatening snow but only a short round trip on a good two lane black top. Near...
Nice Thread! However, the 3.4s are an entirely different animal for maintenance. Engine out for a water pump, for instance. The 3.2s are IMHO,...
There are two steal webbed ground straps. One at the battery and one someplace on the engine. When I installed the new monster deep discharge...
Check out to see if the injectors are well sealed in their rubber mounts. My car had a noticeable hickup at light throttle at 3k - 4k rpms. The...
Under NO circumstances use the Alpha parts. EYE did use them, for both the master and slave cylinder. It led to catastrophic failure of the entire...
These cars have weak wiring its just that simple. If a good battery charge and resultant full voltage is sufficient then that is sufficient. I...
Italian vehicles of all sorts are noted for weak wiring. My brother-in-law is a Moto Guzzi motorcycle enthusiast and he insists on new and better...
I bought the biggest deep discharge battery available that would fit. It was only about $120 or some such. I installed it from the top which...
The simple WR1 is a no brainer. My car never left me stranded or needing a push [which these cars to very well]. None the less I did not like the...
As I have written elsewhere everyone loves the Mondial, and no one seems reticent to express it. I suspect it has to do with the subdued elegance...
My Mondial was the most expensive one available at the time I bought it. I bought it because of the Prugna Metallica color! I know of only 5...
I removed the cats from my 1984 Z-28 and passed an idle test by simply installing a pvc plumbing valve in the PCV circuit. I simply bled in enough...
Message In A Bottle Two I did truely and vigorously test drive a used 2015 Z-52. Not much used: less then 1,000 miles. I obtained a copy of the...
1986 Mondial compared to 2015 Vette [its a story!] I believe this is good story, a long story, and it might be worth the time. I did not go to...
Just out of curiosity what is the visible symptom that bank is not working properly? Does the car stink? Does it lope along hobby horsing when...
I have the standard installation on the 3.2. I do not know what causes these temporary outages but one simple approach would be to swap these out....
FIRST AND FOREMOST - do not shift above 6,000 rpms! Perhaps plus a few hundred. Not only does 7,500 rpms stress out things [like MY scattered...
