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by sh0rtlife
Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:52 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: new glitch?
Replies: 15
Views: 10493

you thinking a injector temp sensor or the guage temp sensor?...got a spare injector side but not a spare guage side...er i think thats what they are LOL...ive a spare of the one on the drivers side front and the one to the passenger side wich is the emissions BS one and the far passenger side(not s...
by sh0rtlife
Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:50 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: new glitch?
Replies: 15
Views: 10493

well i swaped out the injector and verifyed the other one wasnt leaking by hooking it up to fuel while the engine was running with the old one installed and swaped it in pluged it in and zero change in condition..but it starts a lil faster lol... swaped in my "rich condition" afm and all i...
by sh0rtlife
Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:34 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: new glitch?
Replies: 15
Views: 10493

id love to know more about the cold start injector if someone could point me in the right direction....it was unpluged and left unpluged cause well it doesnt get cold here...and if/when it descideds to snow it doesnt last more than a day soooo a cold start injector is about the last thing needed her...
by sh0rtlife
Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:27 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: new glitch?
Replies: 15
Views: 10493

went thru and verifyed all elec plugs cleaned then and used dielectric grease on all connections as well as grounds..cap and rotor are semi new as well as the plugs(less than 2k miles) as well as a full clean and reseal of all the injectors....and thus why im stumped..teaches me to never clean the e...
by sh0rtlife
Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:21 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: new glitch?
Replies: 15
Views: 10493

new glitch?

ok i detailed down the engine bay since everythings been running perfect and flawless figured id clean it up so i could search for any minor oil leaks and adress them..well now ive got a sick running condition under 2500rpm it soulds and feals alot like a rev limiter but its also tweeking the timing...
by sh0rtlife
Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:18 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: I'm Looking at putting An Alfa V6 into My 124sport
Replies: 28
Views: 21762

Thats also one of the reasons i am seriously looking down the all wheel drive roote as i know it will also handle the power as i know a guy thats now in the low 10's on the 1/4 mile with a 1000hp skyline running stock diffs and box. i saw that and asumed he ment he realy wanted to go AWD......and t...
by sh0rtlife
Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:57 am
Forum: Other
Topic: I'm Looking at putting An Alfa V6 into My 124sport
Replies: 28
Views: 21762

love those gio's to bad so few were made...anyway back to your ideas...befor you start cutting re-enforce EVERYTHING on the car cause your going to be cutting alot of strutcure out ..meaning your going to need to make sure the car stays straight..starting off by cageing the car would be ideal but un...
by sh0rtlife
Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:45 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: I'm Looking at putting An Alfa V6 into My 124sport
Replies: 28
Views: 21762

radical conversions is what i live for..hell im putting a 2.5 turbo out of a dodge into the rear of a micro car....but thats anotehr subject as for parts as much as the skyline parts would be cool AWD is more trouble than its worth in most cases and theres soooooooooo much more that can go wrong wit...
by sh0rtlife
Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:07 am
Forum: Other
Topic: other toys?
Replies: 30
Views: 20864

other toys?

wondering what you guys have for other toys your passionate about that ya own...i know im not alone in being the onlyone not fully alfa 69 1/2 cuda coupe 360 tunnel ramed high lift cam 90/10 front shocks 5.33 gears out back 68 coupe cuda mild corner'er mostly a sleeper 67 cuda fastback ..ruff around...
by sh0rtlife
Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:00 am
Forum: Braking
Topic: braided lines
Replies: 22
Views: 17384

guess i start looking into that band and see how the pockets look atm LOL since im fully aware that the car needs lines as i looked em over and there cracking...but after fitting a bmw 23MM mc into it the car has changed dynamicly..course it had a 20mm on it for some unknown reason and the stock 22m...
by sh0rtlife
Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:04 am
Forum: Braking
Topic: braided lines
Replies: 22
Views: 17384

well seriously my 69 i built to go straight with masive modifications as well as 5.33 gears, slicks and all the normal drag stuff....the alfa well its a curse of mine to be capable of working on anything with almost neer zero info on the car and pickup the info as if it was stored in my brain alread...
by sh0rtlife
Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:38 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: oil presure 2.5
Replies: 10
Views: 7088

i was kinda figureing it was semi normal since cold it reads higher...again im used to BIG castiron v8's and they dont realy change as much as this in comparitive terms "little" v6... maldi most "cheep" filters especialy fram suck up alot of PSI just to push the oil thru them ..i...
by sh0rtlife
Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:56 am
Forum: Body (exterior)
Topic: replace water drain tubes in sun roof
Replies: 2
Views: 2954

ive replaced this in other types of cars and all i can say is...have fun..zero access to alot of the areas so get youself a "fish tape"(its for running wireing thru house walls) with this tool it will make the job 100 times easyer yes the headliner will have to be atleast partly removed in...
by sh0rtlife
Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:48 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: oil presure 2.5
Replies: 10
Views: 7088

oil presure 2.5

just wondering whats "normal" and whats not..i did a 400+ mile road trip yesterday and the oil presure gauge kinda bothered me and got me thinking..at idle the car shows next to no oil presure (20-50wt) and it was a 100+ deg yesterday thru the washington desert..of course the guage "c...
by sh0rtlife
Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:05 am
Forum: Gearbox, Clutch and Driveshaft
Topic: Gears
Replies: 14
Views: 10397

....following this closely hopeing for good news....