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On the AMG cars, those steel rotors are tough to move about heavy. The carbon rotors are amazingly light. X4 seems like an easy 50 pound diet!...
Curious about the rivnuts you used for the 3-screw floor trim parts. Are those for 5 or 6mm screws? If they're 6, may I ask who makes them? I...
I had some brand-new Pirelli P-4000's on there, but over the many-many years of ownership and meticulous restoration (gotta find every button for...
I'm working very hard to complete the resto on another one of these beauties. I look for silver linings and appreciate the carful engineering and...
DeJa'Vu (I just put this in the last thread) I'm a fan of NGK Iridium. Heat range: I use the 7's. Lower number has more thermal isolation...
Thank you for this. How do you read the lambda (AFR)? O2 sensor, or exhaust Gas Analyzer?
I'm a fan of NGK Iridium. Heat range: I use the 7's. Lower number has more thermal isolation from head and runs hotter. Autostrada, autobahn or...
I'm kind of mixing both posts together, but hopefully it tells the story clearly. Thank you for the posts! It's great that you have those...
Can you elaborate on "idle air"? Do you mean lean greater than 14.7 AFR likes less advance? Or rather, if it's lean, it needs to have timing...
Very very nice. These cars are soo satisfying to see them come together. Like a sweet little 330GTS. Just beautiful !! Que bella machina!!
BTW I observed that the 10º at idle was not the best for my BBi in terms of tip-in throttle response, and starting. I actually backed off a...
Absolutely n o t sure. I did count twice, but I went from a picture, and two of the quadrants were well in focus, and the other two,...
Nerd alert!......I just counted 147 teeth on a BBi flywheel (FPN #118367). Approximately 2.449º /tooth Someone want to confirm?
Sounds like a ton of fun! There's a 599 engine w/'puters on eBay. Assuming it runs and is a good motor, it would be great fun to play with a...
Also means standing in line at DMV is in our future. :(
Read my mind...
CA already has a clumsy twist on the smog laws regarding "Enhanced Areas". If you live in sparsely populated areas - no smog test. Also, I think...
How to interpret this? What is difference between Jan1 '27, and Jan 1 '28? .............A 1981 collector car vehicle will not need SMOG...
IMHO: You won't have regrets getting too many / any Ferrari. But you might not enjoy getting any car with problems that are difficult to...
Carbs Vs injection ? Can we please go back to timing belt discussions.
