Administrators SuperDan Posted February 11, 2002 Administrators Share Posted February 11, 2002 Well, after almost 3 ½ years I finally have my Z in a condition that I feel comfortable with driving anywhere. I decided to take her on a mini endurance run to weed out any final bugs that may still remain. Here is what I found out after 140 miles of freeway driving through east county San Diego, going up and down hills, elevation ranging from 500ft to 4000ft. T-56 + 26inch tires + 3.54 = 6th gear useless under 75 mph. Resonance from the exhaust is still there even after using dynomat all over the rear hatch area. Im going to put a small race muffler in the trans tunnel to quiet it down some more or more dynomat. I had a 72 240 many years ago that I drove on the same freeway a couple of times a month and compared to my new Z there is no comparison. Car tracks straight, almost no wandering at all. Very stable at 85 mph (that’s all I got her up to) the g-nose must be helping out here, the car felt like it was planted on the road! Steering was precise with real good feedback. The coil over springs Mike (scca) sent me is perfect for my application, a little firm but on the freeway the car road smooth. Had some issues with the power in certain rpm ranges, after reviewing 2 hours of data logging I confirmed that I still have a few areas on the fuel map that are too lean. When I got back into town the car felt different, not so tight and creaky sounding, maybe some of the poly bushing broke in a little? Stopped at the gas station by my house, went back to start it up and no go, starter heat soak again, had to wait until she cooled down before I could get her started again, anyone got a fix for this im running a remote solenoid and still have this happen once in a while. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny411 Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 for the starter getting hot,I`ve used the aluminum adhesive tape that you can get at parts stores.6 or 8 in wide.The same stuff that some pretty crafty people use to rerair rust holes peal off a strip and wrap the starter,thi will reflect alot of heat and may solve your problem.You may want to use a thin layer of fiberglass insulation between this and the starter,It will look similar to what chrysler used on their K-cars w/ 2.2 turbo-2.5 4cyl starters that were tucked in behind the engine and under the exaust or turbo.I`ve seen these starters last well over 100k mi, so it must help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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