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Team3S Digest        Monday, December 20 1999        Volume 01 : Number 362




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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:52:51 -0800
From: "Bob Forrest" <bf@bobforrest.com>
Subject: Team3S: Admin needs volunteers to test new Team3S webpages...

We're planning to go "live" with most of the website on Jan 1, so we
need a few members to volunteer to check out the spelling, syntax
and flow of the new pages, starting next week...  Email privately...

Folks who can read, write and spell and have their own web pages
preferred...  :-)

Ho, ho, friggen ho...~!~

F



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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 14:30:02 +0100
From: "R.G." <robby@freesurf.ch>
Subject: Re: Team3S: Re: Proud owner of 4 new SP8000's...

I had the SP8000 (245/45-17) as the second set a few years ago. I was very,
very happy with them and my current Yokohama AVS-Z1 are just crap compared
to them. And yes, if you have the mounted brandnew they are slippery. Zhis
depends on how they have been stored and what grease the guys at the shop
used. I also drive the first 50 miels easy with some hard stopping and a
little warm-up on empty roads.

Roger
93'3000GT TT

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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 11:20:49 -0800
From: "Bob Forrest" <bf@bobforrest.com>
Subject: Team3S: Admin needs NO more volunteers for webpage testing...

A dozen able members volunteered in a few hours..., half of whom are
webmasters!  :-)  That should do it for us.

Thanks to all!

Best,

F



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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:55:53 -0600
From: "Trevor L. James" <trevor@kscable.com>
Subject: Team3S: EGT Temps...

Just finished my Autometer Air/Fuel and EGT Gauge install. Tell me if these readings
sound high:
Idle-790 F
WOT-1620 F (pegs the gauge out)
It doesn't peg it out immediately, it takes a sec or two of WOT. I'm running 14.9psi. I
dropped it down to 14.2 and it still pegged the gauge. I put the probe right above where
the left most front cylinder meets the others. It will "see" all of the exhaust from the
front bank of cylinders. Don't know how good it'll turn out BUT here's some ASCI art:
_I______
- -|  |-|  |-|  |

This things going to be useless to tune by if it's always maxing out!

Trevor
96 R/T TT
92 GMC Typhoon



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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:11:15 -0700
From: "Barry E. King" <beking@home.com>
Subject: RE: Team3S: EGT Temps...

Those numbers sound just about right.  I wouldn't want to run at 1650 F for
an extended period of time though -- pretty hard on the parts -- but those
temps are what I would expect for a healthy running stockish setup.  1350
for extended periods is probably going to be fine.  All of this assumes
normal mixture and no post combustion chamber combustion due to extreme
valve timing, ignition timing or mixture.

Dropping boost won't necessarily drop EGTs _given_ that fuel mixture is
being adjusted accordingly.  If one is experiencing high EGTs and drops
boost and EGTs drop too, then the mixture at the higher EGT reading was
likely lean and whatever fuel delivery mechanism was in place was unable to
meet the fuel demand.  EGT is a direct result of combustion mixture not
cylinder pressure.  Higher cylinder pressures (more air) will of course
require more fuel.


Barry

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Just finished my Autometer Air/Fuel and EGT Gauge install. Tell
> me if these readings
> sound high:
> Idle-790 F
> WOT-1620 F (pegs the gauge out)
> It doesn't peg it out immediately, it takes a sec or two of WOT.
> I'm running 14.9psi. I
> dropped it down to 14.2 and it still pegged the gauge. I put the
> probe right above where
> the left most front cylinder meets the others. It will "see" all
> of the exhaust from the
> front bank of cylinders. Don't know how good it'll turn out BUT
> here's some ASCI art:
> _I______
> -|  |-|  |-|  |
>
> This things going to be useless to tune by if it's always maxing out!
>
> Trevor
> 96 R/T TT
> 92 GMC Typhoon

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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:12:49 CST
From: "Curt Gendron" <curt_gendron@hotmail.com>
Subject: Team3S: MN 3/S  X-mas party

Hey everyone,

Minnesota 3/S had its first annual Christmas party today.  After we
exchanged gifts we headed out to the garage to install a new styled Apex
AVC-R in our newest member's (Trevor Jones) 3000GT.  I must admit the new
AVC-R is a sharp unit.  Installing it is a little tricky since you have to
hook it into the ECU, but all the plumbing is the same as any other
controller.  And besides, I just made John do all the ECU splicing.  :) 
Right John!!

Just based on all the features alone, I'd recommend one of these units.

Ho Ho Ho,
Curt
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:34:56 +0100
From: "Robert Jerome Mengler" <RMENGLER@statoil.com>
Subject: Team3S: Stupid Question?:1TopRubberShock/StrutCoverLoose

Regarding a previous post on the struts being bad on my 1994 stock 3000gt
with 64,000 miles, I don't know, the engine mounts look good and the whole
engine is very clean.  However, under the hood the driver's side (left)
circular rubber "cover" to the strut/spring assembly is nice and tightly
attached to the 3 metal "clips" (all wires on both sides are good) like it
was maybe factory glued or something.   However, the right side is very
loose and just pulls off and "sets" over the 3 clips not very snugly:  Does
this matter, i.e. are there metal contacts in the circular rubber covers
somewhere where some type of electrical contact is necessary (assuming this
is to the ECS assembly)?  Can I glue the cover on with silicone glue or a
slight amount of epoxy or something?  Should I take the other one off and
break the bond somehow to check underneath for any broken wires?   There is
something written on the top of each rubber cover that doesn't seem like
real clear English (something like "tool and no hands put" or something).
Basically I have been noticing that there seems to be that "bottoming out"
sound with normal driving over semi-rough roads and I am wondering if
something is loose with the front end or if it is just the struts going
out.   Thanks in advance for any advice.

On a 2nd note, it was raining today and I found the front end tires
slipping when I left too fast from a dead stop and then I got the
chunk-chunk-chunk sound you all refer to as wheel hop.   I guess this
happens only with front-wheel drive cars with too much power?   Are there
any other front-wheel drive sports cars in existence and if not, why would
Mitsu have continued to produce only front-wheel drive vehicles?  I guess
your anwer will be cornering and upper end
performance were more important to them then quick starts off the line?
Thanks again.   Bob


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