mcfly94

and what are the headlights? h4?

Hey guys last few days the 250 has been doing some wierd shit with its running. I rebuilt the webber probaly 7000km with a major kit. Its a good running engine (before the manifold), dosent blow smoke etc.. has a fully overhauled head (larger valves), new fuel pump, new leads, new dizzy rotor, new water pump, new thermostat and housing, so yeah good oil pressure temps, never over heats, you get the point. Problems im experiencing is tuning and how it runs. I set the fast idle screw and get it to idle up around 800rpm in neutral, then set the idle mixture to when it just hits max vacuum. Drop it into D and it comes down to like 350/400rpm, leave it for 15 minutes go back out and start it and the idle rpm in neutral has dropped to bloody 400rpm and in drive its about to conk out, well it would if i didnt keep the petrol pumping. As far as im aware i dont think its vacuum line, everything is hooked up and whats not is plugged off. Trans is c4 auto if it matters with std 6 converter, modulator line straight to front vac manifold source. I think its either the carby, maybe the dizzy/coil, or somehow vacuum line setup, or possibly the converter speed may not be correct and playing a part in the rpm dropping almost by half when engaged in a gear. Hope you guys can guide me in the right direction, its my daily driver and need it fixed asap!

Got my choke working perfect of 12v on the ignition! However im still really lost on the idling? surely the revs shouldnt drop 500rpm under load? its a bit harsh going to park to reverse because of the bloody idle. 1200rpm to 700rpm

im thinking about bagging the front, and leaving spring rear. you can get the rear lower the front and maintain a good ride.

Nah not really only when theres an xf in there haha

Tried that but the choke didnt close at all, nor start opening in any postion after removing 12v maybe I need a new choke?

Not sure, do you need the ballast for them ignitions?

Fully open so it never closes choke dont work cause I dont have the alt 9v supply

Im running the two wire xf vac advanced dizzy

yeah its not the idle solenoid, i know when thats not connected haha, dosent run what so ever. Ive retuned it and its running and idling much better, set it to 700/800rpm in drive, only thing is it revs at 1100/1200 in neutral. cant find any leaks either.

Cam is standard

What should the car be idling at, vac reading at idle. How much should the rpm drop by when going from neutral to park.

i had this about 6 months ago, replaced the bottom end with a good running motor. head bolts had come loose

Holy shit i got it!, sprayed it with wd40. And then put l shape sheet metal bracket on the edge of the dizzy and tried to pry the old rotor off, eventually it snapped the rear of the rotor, but still didnt get it off. Then it snapped the front it off until the plastic cylinder was left, then i lifted the base black plastic and then put a flat plate on the dizzy internals and pryed the plastic centre piece of which also snapped off, man the thing was rusty as! Luckily it came of and theres a fresh new one on there

Hey guys my rotor is all corroded went to replace it and cant get it off? How do they come off?

id buy from pavtek! looks the goods, and very well known

yeah i tried that but i didnt want to damage the side plastic of the dizzy..ill give the wd ago and ill see if the puller works

Hey guys, some you may know i changed out my bw40 for c4 as i killed the bw. With the 3.27 gears my highway revs are pretty high about 2700 at 100kmh. I think the 5 speed would bring my revs down to 1800 at 100kmh. Now my question is will i get much better fuel economy on the conversion? will it be worth it? getting a bit sick of the car reving so high.

i shall give that a go tomorrow! might even put the tie rod end puller on it and give it pull, think its the factory rotor.

mm tips for a stuborn one then?

alright, well that was ebay, ill check out a local speed shop. Bracket is easy to make up

Hey guys im looking at replacing my standard coil with a msd blaster 3. Can get for $90. Is it any good?

are they better? i wanted to retain the standard mount or should i mount away from the block

i think i found one that will do the hoodlining interior light a supercheap about $6.

What type is the hoodlining interior light? And also the ghia courtesy lights in the c pillars? i want a real bright white led. Thanks guys