Re: Batman's commuter car
Well, I ran into my first real issue with the car. The throttle was sticky, so I pulled the TB to try and fix it. The return springs are shot, and the throttle shaft seals are so swollen that the throttle shaft sticks. I haven't been able to find either the seals or the springs locally, so right now I am somewhat at a loss on how to fix the problem. If I needed to drive it, I could swap over the carb if I needed to drive it, but I at least want to find out how it runs and drives now. I should at least have the thing back together tomorrow, and I will try and get the exhaust set up so I can let it run for awhile. I can also swap over my double throttle return springs, but I really would like the factory setup to work correctly. The cylinder head is a 1.6 casting, which was probably added because it flow better, but unless you know the casting numbers, you wouldn't be able to tell which it had without actually measuring the ports, hence allowing it to slip into the IT class. The engine doesn't sound like any other Escort engine I have heard, which calls into question the cam and ECU tune the car has. I have been trying to get in touch with the PO that did most of the racing in the car, unfortunately, the name is highly generic and I don't know where he was from, except that he did most of his racing at road atlanta.
Well, I ran into my first real issue with the car. The throttle was sticky, so I pulled the TB to try and fix it. The return springs are shot, and the throttle shaft seals are so swollen that the throttle shaft sticks. I haven't been able to find either the seals or the springs locally, so right now I am somewhat at a loss on how to fix the problem. If I needed to drive it, I could swap over the carb if I needed to drive it, but I at least want to find out how it runs and drives now. I should at least have the thing back together tomorrow, and I will try and get the exhaust set up so I can let it run for awhile. I can also swap over my double throttle return springs, but I really would like the factory setup to work correctly. The cylinder head is a 1.6 casting, which was probably added because it flow better, but unless you know the casting numbers, you wouldn't be able to tell which it had without actually measuring the ports, hence allowing it to slip into the IT class. The engine doesn't sound like any other Escort engine I have heard, which calls into question the cam and ECU tune the car has. I have been trying to get in touch with the PO that did most of the racing in the car, unfortunately, the name is highly generic and I don't know where he was from, except that he did most of his racing at road atlanta.






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