20 weight oil check, pistons fall evenly and click check, All emissions
controls holes blocked? Check, camshaft timing,
> ignition timing, valve
adjustments, etc? engine was rebuilt and timing advanced.
Jeffrey W. Hall
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hasty <jhasty@mhc-law.com>
To:
<jason@multivintage.com> <jason@multivintage.com>
Cc: Fot
<fot-bounces@autox.team.net>; Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 27, 2014
6:49 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Stromberg Carb tuning
Gee whiz, was it really 27?
We felt put upon at 59 in Savannah, actually had
to put on a long sleeve
shirt.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 27, 2014, at 7:04 PM,
"jason@multivintage.com"
<jason@multivintage.com> wrote:
>
> What happens when
you hold the pistons up and let them fall? They shoul both
fall evenly and all
the way down and click when it falls to the bottom? This
simple check can
eliminate several possible problems.
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan
Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
> Sender: "Fot"
<fot-bounces@autox.team.net>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:56:45
> To:
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> Subject: Re: [Fot] Stromberg Carb tuning
>
> 20 weight
oil in the dampers? Damper pistons have intact rings? Damper
> covers screwed
down evenly? All emissions controls holes blocked? No
> other coincidental
changes to the engine such as camshaft timing,
> ignition timing, valve
adjustments, etc? I have one SU on a TR street
> engine that does this
slightly, so I'm hoping we'll hear a few more ideas.
>
> Duncan
> (Texas)
>
>>
On 10/27/14, 3:48 PM, jeffwhall@aol.com wrote:
>> I have a major tuning
challenge on my 1971 GT6. The Stromberg carbs are
WAY
>> out of calibration. I
just had them rebuilt by a professional, the fuel
>> pressure is 3 PSI. As I
run the car the pistons move up and down
continuously.
>> Can anyone give
advice on what to do?
>>
>> Jeffrey W. Hall
>>
>>
>> -----Original
>>
Message-----
>> From: Diesel Performance Parts - Info
>>
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>> To: 'damys@charter.net'
<damys@charter.net>
>> Cc: 'fot@autox.team.net' <fot@autox.team.net>
>> Sent:
Mon, Oct 27, 2014 11:34 am
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 transmission
>>
>>
>>
Dave & Alex,
>>
>> Taylor Race in Texas can
>> set you up with a Quaife dog
ring box that bolts in
>> and should last as long as
>> you do. Ratios are
available in anything you want
>> too. More than 3400.00 but
>> less than
driving 8 hours to race and only making
>> one session.
>>
>> Mark Craig
>>
Diesel Performance Parts, INC.
>> 411 Allied Drive
>> Nashville, TN 37211
>>
866-455-7788 Phone
>> 615-834-9923 Fax
>>
>> www.dieselperformanceparts.com
>>
-----Original Message-----
>> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of damys@charter.net
>> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 7:30 PM
>>
To:
>> fot@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Fot] GT6 transmission
>>
>> Looking for
advice on a
>> transmission upgrade for the GT6. I've spoken with
>> Quantum
Mechanics and they
>> offer four options. Standard GT6 box, upgraded GT6
>>
box with TR7 gears, a TR6
>> trans mod and the T9 option. My fear with the
GT6
>> option is the constant
>> rebuilding, although I understand it offers
the best
>> ratios. The best seems
>> to be the T9, but
>> $3400 is a lot
especially considering the other costs of
>> building a racecar
>> from the
ground up If the T9 is the best, would it be a
>> sound move to go with
>> a
lower diff ratio to be able to utilize 5th gear, or
>> stick with the 3.27:1.
>> Thanks
>> Dave and Alex
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