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Discussion in 'Australia' started by stephens, Oct 17, 2005.

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  1. 365GTC/4

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    365GTC/4s are fast. Period. V12 or walk.
     
  2. greg246

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  3. Aircon

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  4. IanB

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    so you fixed the timing? Did you know which end of the timing light to hold? :D
     
  5. greg246

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    The sun shines out of the proverbial, so there was no need for a light :D
     
  6. IanB

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    #3556 IanB, Dec 30, 2013
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  7. greg246

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    No, PP was implessed and thought it was fast enough but I'm waiting for an appointment at Ian's Supercar Services for a second opinion :p
     
  8. greg246

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  9. Aircon

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    That's probably a place you could trust for an honest and professional PPI.
     
  10. PSk

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    Ferrari did this for this engine with the 400/412. Rather have carbs myself. Once set, leave them alone ... no problems.
    Pete
     
  11. Aircon

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    That's not the sort of injection I'm talking about Pete. If I wasn't too lazy to type, I'd tell you more :)

    Suffice to say, the injection I'm talking about keeps the original look and, importantly, sound, but gets rid of the BS ignition and mixture issues that we're plagued with from what is, let's face it, 60s technology.

    Of course, it's all reversible.....probably in less than a day.
     
  12. greg246

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    Here's a MOTEC approved installer close to home. Not heard of these guys before

    City Performance Centre
     
  13. PSk

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    Yes I'm aware that you can get throttle bodies that look very similar to carbs.

    I agree about ignition issues of the 60's technology but carbs are unfairly blamed for issues that are often caused by ignition or fiddling owners. My father was a carb specialist and we also had a neighbour that would fiddle with his Triumph 2500S ... the number of times my father would have to go over to set it back to how it was ... heck I do not have enough fingers to count.

    The other cause of problems is owners that do not drive their cars. When my parents had their car repair/service business my Mum would take certain owners cars out for a drive before they would even touch the car. She would give it a damn good thrash and only then was it worth servicing. When my father was service manager at an Alfa Romeo/Mercedes dealership the mechanics used to do the same, particularly with Alfa 33's.

    Where carbs shot themselves in the foot though was with automatic choke mechanisims. Thankfully with a side/down draught you don't need a choke (in New Zealand and Australia). A couple of pumps on the accelerator and she will fire ... just play with the throttle a bit (while driving) until warm.
    Pete
     
  14. Aircon

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    #3564 Aircon, Dec 30, 2013
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    You are absolutely right, Pete. My GT4 ran flawlessly after I had the ignition done and the jetting corrected for 17000km.

    However, what you can never get rid of is the fuel starvation around corners, the stumble when you go from idle jets to mains at about 3000rpm and, if you don't want the car running stupidly rich, it's sometimes quite a pain in the neck.

    Here are photos of my engine bay with carbs and with throttle bodies. As I said, sound is identical, as is throttle response, but all the bad bits are gone. Also, as I said, one day and it's back to standard. Worth every cent to me.
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  15. Aircon

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    Actually, I should take a photo of carbs and TBs from the same angle....to show the point I'm making.
     
  16. greg246

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    You could have just bought a 308QV with the money you spent
     
  17. IanB

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    Yes, I hear the QV is a big favourite at GAMMA, especially the QLD branch. :)
     
  18. simon klein

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    ....until someone in a bloody VW Golf sorted it for good.....
     
  19. Aircon

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    Thanks for the reminder. Golf drivers are losers.

    I'm sure I'd have injected that too.
     
  20. Aircon

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    Urgh. No thanks.

    Actually, I could have bought 3!
     
  21. Horse

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    FO x dead mans car
     
  22. Aircon

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    Doesn't apply to your car. .... just all the others. Yours, like yourself, is unique and special.
     
  23. Horse

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    Oh shucks!
     
  24. PSk

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    Nice job. Fuel starvation, I've never experienced that in any car. But ive never raced an east west engjne.
    Pete
     
  25. Aircon

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    Buy a Ferrari....you don't have to be on the track to experience it.
     

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