My eyes! Pig rich 260Z - adjustments?

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Do you have a web site, Joe? Or can you tell us how to reach you?


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Ty Till
#16 ITS
Rocky Mountain Division

[Joe Harlan]

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[Tom Donnelly]

Just adding this; If you can start the car without the choke when cold, then you are way too rich. Don't remove the choke cables, if you are set lean enough to make better power (but not burn up), you will need the choke to start the car.

Get rid of the EGT's as they are unreliable and work with o2 sensors to monitor the temps. Lean=power until too-lean=meltdown.

Tom Donnelly
ITS 240z

[Tom Donnelly]

I just noticed the comment about Strombergs. I tried for a few years to get 2 Strombergs to work on a TR-6. They always ran just a little rich.

Tom

[Ron Earp]

Get rid of the EGT's as they are unreliable and work with o2 sensors to monitor the temps. Lean=power until too-lean=meltdown.

Tom Donnelly
ITS 240z[/B]

I'd disagree with this one - I use EGTs on the plane to properly lean/enrichen the mixture when I fly and it is SOP on 100,000's of aircraft all over the world. They work, but I maybe you mean in your experience the gauges/probes get broken a lot?

Yes, it is way rich. It'll start with no choke in 30F weather. Boom, fires right up and then of course smells like gas.

Ron

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Ron Earp
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Ford Lightning
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Jensen-Healey ITS
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[This message has been edited by rlearp (edited February 04, 2005).]

[Tom Donnelly]

Ron,

I guess it is in my experience. I'm not sure if its the probes or the guage. What happens is sporadic readings on the guage or no reading at all. This could be wiring problems but the car isn't British. I've received similar feedback from other drivers.

Tom

[Ron Earp]

Well, I'll be dipped in sh&T.

Gauge 1 on the car reads a blinking 000! Now, that never happened to me when I was flying, what is up? Are these car EGT gauges crap?

In theory they would be perfect to tune a car, but, if they don't work I suppose I can't use them can I?

Off to the garage to sort this one out....

Ron

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Ron Earp
http://www.gt40s.com
Ford Lightning
RF GT40 Replica
Jensen-Healey ITS
My electrons don't care if they flow through OEM wires, do yours?