| Re: Tuesday Chat 09.06.16 |
Subject: Re: Tuesday Chat 09.06.16 by rklessdriver on 2016/9/6 18:19:39 I hope the good news with your nephew's cancer continues Ken. That's some nasty stuff and I know it's really tough to deal with. The holiday was pretty good for me. I drove over to BlackHarleyMans place to take a look at his 91 coupe which was idling really low and missing occasionally.... turned out to be simple stuff to fix. A plug wire boot was arcing and the idle screw on the TB had backed off causing the IAC to run wide open.... Later that day I got to drive his 96 GS roadster to a local car show.... that car is so much fun. Lots of power, super loud exhaust system, immaculate paint and interior..... All the money and time he has spent restoring/modifying that GS was worth it. Such a cool car now. Fair amount of traffic on the way there and I was scared to death of someone crashing into it (with a 10K paint job you worry about that stuff) but once you get over that it's an enjoyable experience.... almost made me want to build another C4. I also helped a few people who were racing this weekend with tune up and suspension advice. I though about going to the Yellow Bullet Nationals but since our Outlaw 10.5 car wasn't ready for the race, I decided to just stay home and field phone calls. I still need to adjust the valves on my 84 and get it ready for our race this Saturday. I devote so little time to working on it, it's no wonder we have has such little progress to show with it but after the results at the last race, I'm pretty hopeful that I've finally figured the car out and it's running like it should have all along. Somehow my 72 managed to get some pretty nasty scratches in the paint (drivers front fender arch)... of course nobody in the house knows anything about that - according to them no ones even been in the garage.... it's all the way to the primer so, definitely not going to buff out.... maybe after some waxing it'll be less noticeable. So much for my plan of keeping the original paint in good shape for as long as possible. Take it easy Will |
