[Shotimes] A little advise

[Bruce Malachuk]

APE has the 155 listed when I ordered the other day :-) 


Bruce Malachuk

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:19 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] A little advise

I was just at AZ today and asked about the fuel pressure gauge.  Are you
talking about the $37 one they sell?

About APE, agreed.  Ask him about the 155lph pump because he hasn't updated
his website yet, but he should have it in stock.

I'm planning to drop my tank this week.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Mon, August 16, 2004 10:43 am, Donald Mallinson said:
> John,
>
> I have heard from several of the SHO experts that APE (Auto 
> Performance Engineering) is about the best and cheapest place to buy 
> pumps.  the fellow responded with quick service and good prices when 
> we needed one for Ken's car recently.
>
> http://www.autoperformanceengineering.com/
>
> Comes with everything you need, just buy a new filter and you are set.
>
> YOu can get a fuel pressure gauge cheap at Autozone, I have one, I 
> could mail it to you if you want.  In Ken's case the pump would come 
> up to pressure and then go back to near zero as a check valve in the 
> pump was bad.  Would pump good as long as the car was running, but 
> starting was hard.  In your case (NO start or almost no start) I would 
> suspect maybe the wiring near the pump.  Since it did it at an 
> autocross, you car putting some twisting motion into the car body, and 
> that could possibly rub some wires wrong?
>
> Did you ever just look in the oil filler cap hole?  You can see a cam 
> from there easily, and if the belt is broken, NONE of the cams will 
> turn.  That will answer that question.  of course the belt could have 
> jumped a few cogs, but I would think it would still run, if not very 
> good.
>
> Also, check things like all the plugs or wires, especially the main 
> bundle going into the computer (check for wear where the ground bolt 
> is on the back passenger end of the intake is, this was a TSB on early 
> SHO's like yours, it can wear through the main wiring bundle!)  Also 
> check the wires going into the coil pack.  If they pull out a little 
> it can stop the car cold.  Been known to happen.
>
> Check any other connections you can get to.  Take them apart carefully 
> and put back together to make sure you are getting a clean/solid 
> connection.  Same with the connectors on either end of the DIS on the 
> passenger end of the intake.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> John Stout wrote:
>
>> I  got around to checking on the Gen 1 the other day, I hit the key, 
>> it tried to start, so I may be backing up on the timing belt being 
>> bad, I have not put a guage on it yet, but when i pushed on the 
>> schrader valve, ot did not spray fuel, it would barely trickle out.  
>> I am gonna put a guage on it, but I am leaning toward bad fuel pump, 
>> any suggestions as to what I need to check as in electrical 
>> connections or anything else will be appreciated.  also suggestions 
>> of what kind of pump to replace it with and where is the best place 
>> to buy one, if it is the pump would help Thanks John
>>
>>
>> John Stout
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