Aurora 4.0l / Izuzu 5 speed swap into 88 coupe (Page 65/102)
cptsnoopy AUG 25, 02:23 AM

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Originally posted by Russ544:

It will be up to you to carry the torch from here Charlie. mine went on E-bay this AM at no reserve (see mall for link).
who will paint your car?

Cheerio,
Russ544





Please post a pic or link to your new toy! (when you get it...)

Charlie


PS: I'll do the best I can, tough to even try to compete with your skillz!
Russ544 AUG 25, 10:19 AM
Just a model A coupe with mustangII running gear. should be fun to cruise around in. bring your wife to Oregon and we'll take you both out to dinner in the rumble seat
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot...geName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

PS: you seem to be managing to get your's done (if a bit slow ) without me just fine ha ha

see you soon my friend,
Russ544

[This message has been edited by Russ544 (edited 08-25-2009).]

cptsnoopy AUG 31, 04:33 AM
Thanks for the offer Russ! I don't know when I could work that out but I will keep it in mind. My wife lives in CO, and I am in AZ.

I did some more sanding tonight. Enough to wear some skin raw on my pinky finger...

First two pics are of the general area worked on. The speckled stuff is where the media blast dug deeper in than the black primer. I am hoping a primer or filler will take care of those. The third pic is of a couple of cracks in the corner of the upper rear body. I was given some Evercoat SMC Panel Adhesive 3 #994 to fix it and other cracks on the top body pieces with. Hopefully that will take care of those.

Charlie
cptsnoopy OCT 01, 10:48 PM
Small snag to report.

I have been running the engine every week or two to keep the fluids circulated and the seals lubed. The last couple of times I noticed that the engine was dropping a cylinder or two on the forward bank. I figure that the most likely culprit is an injector. The ones that were in the ITB setup were used and I had the "new" ones that came with the Shelby engine sitting on the shelf. So I had them flow checked and cleaned. They are flowing within 1% of each other so I swapped them in. Now the engine will not start. During cranking I will occasionly hear a cylinder fire but not enough to sustain any rpm at idle.

So, I am wondering if it is considered normal for an old injector to flow more fuel than a new one at the same pulse width and voltage?

I will try enrichening the mixture in the base fuel map to see if that will make any difference.

Charlie
cptsnoopy OCT 03, 02:00 AM
All is better. I don't know why the new injectors flow less fuel at the same PW but I enriched the base map and the engine runs again.

Custom2M4 OCT 04, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by cptsnoopy:
and the engine runs again.



Your one step up from my project so far. :P. Keep it up!

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Chase Wakeham,
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cptsnoopy DEC 04, 01:17 PM
Just curious if it is ok to sand closer to the base material. Some of the black primer near the rear of the hood is sun damaged. The areas that I have sanded through are nice and smooth though.

Charlie
cptsnoopy MAR 12, 02:43 AM
In school until the end of the month. Really hoping to get this painted and on the road this year...

Still considering what to do about venting the front hood and rear decklid... What to do, what to do???

Charlie
BMTFIERO MAR 12, 03:38 PM
Good to hear from you, Charlie I been wondering what you been up to. As far as my swap goes I see a little, tiny beam of light a the end of the tunnel
88GTS MAR 12, 05:13 PM
Yea Charlie, we need another first start up video clip!