Check the 2 fuel injector fuses. Bank 1 and Bank 2. They're marked TBI Inj 1 and TBI Inj 2. If you're getting a strong unburned gas smell from the exhaust bad enough to burn your nose and eyes when you stand behind it, I'd check the Coolant Temperature Switch just above the water pump.
Fierofool,
Hey man I have not been on this forum for some time now. I popped in here this evening and saw this thread. As you may or may not know I am trying to fix my 85GT I got here and it is running like crap similar to what Chaz's car is doing here. It SOUNDS like the engine is missing but you can drive it around and it occasionally will kinda clear out and run but mostly it just sounds like crap. You mentioned the coolant temperature switch, what will be the result if this switch is bad or not hooked up because my car will choke you out pretty quick if you stand behind it when it is running. Do you have a picture of this switch, there is a large black cylindrical electrical part around that area on mine that was unhooked but I plugged it back in and there was no change. Also I know that you do the refurbishment of the headlight motors are you still doing that and what do you charge for doing a set for me? I need to post some things in the want ads here as I am looking for some parts needed for my car.
I am chronicling the buildup in my thread on Pennocks which started with an odd name, it is called " Looking for input on my next fiero project". I am hoping that I can email Cliff Pennock and have him change the name here soon, I'd like to call it something else LOL.. Anyways I have done a complete compression check on the engine and got some decent numbers and I THINK I have it timed right, it runs too good to be too far out and I timed it with the coil wire so I could see the difference between 1 and 4 pistons.... It is right on 10BTDC now.. It just runs like crap and I am out of ideas here, if I cannot find a cause I will have to tear off the intake and heads and see what the hell is wrong inside. I can post a video of it running. I drove it around quite a bit yesterday and it feels like it wants to go... Just something stopping it. I read about the damn cold start injector issue but I am not sure what to do to bypass it really. I guess I could just unplug it but I might have to remove the disty again to get to the darn wire. It is kinda tight in there. Any advice here would be most appreciated. I'd love to be able to drive this baby and come down to meet you guys for monthly meets again LOL...peace
Pete
