Esasky's85GN
RACE ME WITH WHAT?
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- Aug 7, 2001
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Gents,
Ok. So the car is up and running but there are still some bugs that need to be worked out. I want to get the turbobuick community's insite! :smile: So here we go:
Engine:
Car starts up and runs fine. Once it heats up, there are a couple problems. First, if I hit the throttle hard and back off, the car almost stalls out. This happens whether I am moving or just throttling it in park.
Second, after car is @ operating temp, if I roll up to a red light or stop, stoich gage is reading full rich and car is idling rough. All of a sudden, gage will start to cycle and car smooths out. I know the car needs to be tuned better but I have it good enough to run. I am thinking that it may be to either the car loading up or something to do with my extensive intercooling piping I have on the car.
Third, after I car gets to operating temp, it does not want to start. The battery can barely turn the motor over. Inital timing is dead on and battery has full charge. Starter is brand new and have the starter covered with a blanket. I am thinking the motor may be in some sort of a vapor lock? I am only running 1 breather on the car due to my up and down pipe covering the breather hole on the passenger side.
Fourth, again, after the car gets to operating temp, when I hit the throttle and let off, the throttle body almost acts as if someone is holding it open. It seems like maybe a vaccuum problem or something? Do our cars need to have a BOV on them? Thought those were only for manual cars. Thoughts?
Transmission:
I have a TCI TH350 Streetfighter transmission installed in the car. I am pretty sure that I overfilled the tranny because it decided to puke about 1.5 quarts all over the exhaust. I drained an additional quart out and heated up tranny. Fluid was @ half hash mark. Drove car around and had no issues. Parked the car on Sept 13 and just got it out yesterday. Fluid all over the garage floor again. Drove the car about 2 miles and parked it for 4 hours... no tranny leak. My question is has any one else had this problem with the TH 350s? I have a tranny cooler on it but it is mounted underneath the car. I did wire up a fan to the cooler as well. Getting nothing out of the dipstick tube. All the fluid is coming out of the vent tube. Thoughts?
As always, any help is much appreciated!!!
Thanks for reading my novel! I hope you have some insite for me.
Chris
Ok. So the car is up and running but there are still some bugs that need to be worked out. I want to get the turbobuick community's insite! :smile: So here we go:
Engine:
Car starts up and runs fine. Once it heats up, there are a couple problems. First, if I hit the throttle hard and back off, the car almost stalls out. This happens whether I am moving or just throttling it in park.
Second, after car is @ operating temp, if I roll up to a red light or stop, stoich gage is reading full rich and car is idling rough. All of a sudden, gage will start to cycle and car smooths out. I know the car needs to be tuned better but I have it good enough to run. I am thinking that it may be to either the car loading up or something to do with my extensive intercooling piping I have on the car.
Third, after I car gets to operating temp, it does not want to start. The battery can barely turn the motor over. Inital timing is dead on and battery has full charge. Starter is brand new and have the starter covered with a blanket. I am thinking the motor may be in some sort of a vapor lock? I am only running 1 breather on the car due to my up and down pipe covering the breather hole on the passenger side.
Fourth, again, after the car gets to operating temp, when I hit the throttle and let off, the throttle body almost acts as if someone is holding it open. It seems like maybe a vaccuum problem or something? Do our cars need to have a BOV on them? Thought those were only for manual cars. Thoughts?
Transmission:
I have a TCI TH350 Streetfighter transmission installed in the car. I am pretty sure that I overfilled the tranny because it decided to puke about 1.5 quarts all over the exhaust. I drained an additional quart out and heated up tranny. Fluid was @ half hash mark. Drove car around and had no issues. Parked the car on Sept 13 and just got it out yesterday. Fluid all over the garage floor again. Drove the car about 2 miles and parked it for 4 hours... no tranny leak. My question is has any one else had this problem with the TH 350s? I have a tranny cooler on it but it is mounted underneath the car. I did wire up a fan to the cooler as well. Getting nothing out of the dipstick tube. All the fluid is coming out of the vent tube. Thoughts?
As always, any help is much appreciated!!!
Thanks for reading my novel! I hope you have some insite for me.
Chris
