Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Monday, August 11
2003 Volume 02 : Number 226
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I have just registered. This is the second event this year, the same kind
that Rich Merritt, Jack T, Jon, me and couple other guys went in April this
year. We had a blast! This is the link to the track report and the videos
- -->
http://supercar-engineering.com/vid70-RAMFBA.htm
It's going to be on October 18th and 19th. You can still pay with PayPal.
Later they will close PayPal and will accept checks in the mail only. The
spots fill fast. If in doubt, register now and then you should be able to
sell it because they normally have long waiting lists for this event.
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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:59:37 -0500
From: "Alex Pedenko" <
alex@kolosy.com>
Subject: RE: Team3S:
Caliper Rebuild Grease
High temp caliper grease. Autozone sells them for ~$1.xx /
packet
(/caliper).
Alex
'95 VR4
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:21:50 -0400
From:
jemather@umich.eduSubject: Team3S: New
engine noise
I was coming home last night from swapping the head out on my friend's
sister's
Buick when I started to notice a ticking sound coming from my
engine that I can
only describe as an extreme-sounding lifter tick. I
noticed that it got worse
as the engine revved, becoming very noticeable at
around 3000rpm and increasing
in frequency ("revving") right along with the
engine. I did not notice it when
the car was in neutral/clutch-in last
night. This morning on my way in to work
I noticed the same problem,
only markedly louder. It also now makes the same
sound when
idling. I noticed today also that the sound seems to fade in and
out,
like a sine wave, at about 20 second intervals.
I'm drawing a blank here, and am real nervous, because I don't like to
hear
sounds like this coming out of my engine. The only thing i've
done lately is
switching to Mobil 1 full synthetic, and this doesn't seem
like the source of
my problem.
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:20:18 -0000
From: "Jeff Lucius" <
jlucius@stealth316.com>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: bad tuneup
Spark plugs that are the wrong type or that are "old" can cause minor or
major hesitation either idling, cruising or accelerating. I have not experienced
this in my '92 TT. But my '87 Mitsu pickup (4 cyl) had "bad plugs" once. Maybe
30K miles on copper NGKs. Hesitation appeared right after filling the gas tank.
I thought it was bad gas. Later I changed the plugs. They looked just fine.
However, engine ran good again after the plug change (only thing done).
No the ECU cannot really adjust for spark plug induced hesitation (bad
plugs).
No the ECU should not "burn up" if the plugs are bad. The plugs are on a
passive electrical circuit that gets all of its current from energy stored in
the coils. The plugs are effectively isolated from the ECU. And the ECU is
somewhat isolated from the coils (in case the plugs are disconnected while the
coil tries to fire) by a "capacitor" or "noise condenser" (attached to the coil
bracket); there may be additional protection in the power transistor unit.
Some misguided owners have installed Champion plugs with a hotter heat
range than recommended by Mitsu. This might cause the chances for detonation to
increase, which might result in timing retard if detonation occurs, which might
be felt as hesitation during acceleration.
Champion does not make platinum-tipped spark plugs for our engines.
If you want to run "copper" plugs (and don't mind changing plugs every
5000-30000 miles) I suggest NGK BCPR6ES-11 plugs. If you want to run "platinums"
(recommended by Mitsu) then NGK and Denso make these for our engines.
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:42:23 -0500
From: "Canney, Charles C" <
charles.c.canney@lmco.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: New engine noise
Ted,
I am not an expert but if you replace your lifters (~$220 set)
and
inspect/replace
any bad rockers(~$17 ea), you will might get lucky
and get off cheap.
I had a cam go bad, which you may also find when you pull
the valve covers,
$525 retail from Dodge ($300 through a discount
source).
Worst case, what ever is causing the noise comes apart and takes a
valve
with it.
Then your into a major repair effort.
Good Luck and
post what you find. If you need a parts/cost list, I can send
you an excel
spread sheet of parts I bought during the 24 bent valve repair on
my '91
TT.
Charles Canney
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:18:35 -0500
From: "Canney, Charles C" <
charles.c.canney@lmco.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Short Block Price
Jeff,
I got this a short while ago from another owner with a rebuild
project. I
called tallmits and they still had that price a few weeks ago.
This is the
four bolt main (2nd gen) shortblock, which takes a bit more
parts to make
work as a 1st gen replacement. John Monnin's website has
details on what is
required for the upgrade.
Charles Canney
".... I'm going to go through tallmits.com they have brand new short
blocks for $2355 plus $175 for shipping. plus there is no core
charge..."
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:03:40 -0400
From: "Starkey, Jr., Joseph"
<
starkeyje@bipc.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Blitz SBC-Id Question
I just finished installing my new Blitz SBC-ID this weekend. When
fooling around with it, I noticed that when the Boost menu is up, if you hold
down the menu button for a few seconds, two additional items appear. One
is Response (options are ---, norm, mild, slow), and the other is Keep Gain
(which defaults to 45, but is adjustable in increments of 5). If you hold
the menu button down for a few seconds again, these 2 items disappear. The
manual says nothing about them. (Imagine that?). Does anyone know
what those are for? Thanks!
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:05:47 -0500
From: "Morice, Francis" <
francis.morice@retek.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Blitz SBC-Id Question
Interesting, I will have to try that on the way home today. Never noticed
it before.
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:31:15 -0700
From: "Tyson Varosyan" <
tigran@tigran.com>
Subject: RE:
Team3S: New engine noise
$300?! I paid $30 for 2 cams ($15ea) from the guy on 3SI that has like
8
cars he is parting out!
Tyson
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:50:05 -0500
From: "Canney, Charles C" <
charles.c.canney@lmco.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: New engine noise
I don't deny used parts are cheaper but there is risk associated with
using
them.
The cam I pulled out might be acceptable for someone, any
takers at $15 plus
shipping?
Chas
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