Red's Triple Knock-out!

[ba94ta]

i would have to say tho that car sounded ****ing MEAN at Berger!!!!!!

[98blackbeauty]

I'm hoping it stays simple to fix for ya Red. I guess we all learned from that one, starting motor reving it and shutting off, never new that was a no no.
On a good note, I was quite amused how many people would stop in their tracks and turn to Reds car every time she started it. It really sounded wicked.

[Old Fart]

X 2 ,,for sure ....

I never had that problem,but then again mine isn't a " Dr. LT1 383 Supper Motor"...

-edited- Kyle has been nothing but kind and helpful with regards to my car. He's the best as far as I'm concerned and there are always kinks to work out with a new rebuild. Besides, it could have been something I did. Just don't know yet so don't trounce on Kyle. Besides it is a super motor, not a supper plate.

I don't know if I'd say it's sad, though? Cold starts + high revs + shutting it off right after = fouled plugs. lesson learned and easy fix.

I agree Brian. I should not have started and stopped and started and revved and stopped. I learned a lesson. I should at least have let it run a bit before shutting it down.

Glad to hear it was just something simple! I hope thats the case with my z!

Don't know yet Missy. Kyle is here now and just changed the plugs but it still backfires nasty bad on the drive side. Next thing to try might be the cap. Hope you get your car figured out too. This blows!

[OIF1VET]

Dang it Red, just read the thread, was hoping it would be all squared away when I got to the end.. Good luck, hope it gets figured out soon!

Agree on the revving, never good to rev a cold motor, I always start mine and let it run a few minutes before I even move it and I never get on it til it is at full operating temp..

Keep us posted..

[meissen]

S'all good Red, I didn't know that either. Heck, until this weekend I never heard you're suppose to let a cammed engine warm up before driving it. Though I still don't do it - I can't let my car warm up in the driveway at 6am in the morning, piss off the neighbors too much.

[OIF1VET]

S'all good Red, I didn't know that either. Heck, until this weekend I never heard you're suppose to let a cammed engine warm up before driving it. Though I still don't do it - I can't let my car warm up in the driveway at 6am in the morning, piss off the neighbors too much.

As long as you take it easy till it warms up, shouldn't be a problem..

[TSTONE]

S'all good Red, I didn't know that either. Heck, until this weekend I never heard you're suppose to let a cammed engine warm up before driving it. Though I still don't do it - I can't let my car warm up in the driveway at 6am in the morning, piss off the neighbors too much.

neighbors probably wouldn't care if it weren't for the fact that you leave the cutouts open

[Phantom409]

Alright, the gremlin still exists

Going to go back tomorrow and take the darn opti off and see if something is a miss with it.
And before anyone jumps on a band wagon about MSD it's an AC Delco distributer with a MSD cap.

[JoeliusZ28]

so i take its missing then?

[Phantom409]

Ya, it's back firing raelly bad and it all seems to be on the drivers side.

Now one thing I do find funny and it's what has me thinking opti since what I did didn't fix the problem is that plugs 1, 3, 2,& 4 were all nice but plugs 6, 8, 5, & 7 were all fowled with heavy carbon buildup and that is where the black smoke may have come from.

[meissen]

neighbors probably wouldn't care if it weren't for the fact that you leave the cutouts open

No I'm not that bad. At a hotel where I don't care about anyone else there - yes. In my own neighborhood where I live next door to these people every day... cutout is closed as soon as I enter the neighborhood.

[meissen]

Ya, it's back firing raelly bad and it all seems to be on the drivers side.

Now one thing I do find funny and it's what has me thinking opti since what I did didn't fix the problem is that plugs 1, 3, 2,& 4 were all nice but plugs 6, 8, 5, & 7 were all fowled with heavy carbon buildup and that is where the black smoke may have come from.

What about the o2 sensor on that bank, Kyle? O2 reads bad, causes the engine to load up on fuel on that side... If she's fouling out plugs that quickly, the o2s could be getting coated with a bunch of soot just the same.

[phoenix_rising]

X 2 ,,for sure ....

I never had that problem,but then again mine isn't a " Dr. LT1 383 Supper Motor"...

tony, you hungry already? a supper motor? ive seen some engines clean enough to eat off of but wow!

[98blackbeauty]

its the back 2 cylinders on both sides, so both o2 would be bad and coated.

[TSTONE]

im gonna go out on a limb and question if one of the seals on the intake didnt get blown out and its sucking a bunch of air?