Traded my BROKEN Zero Turn Mower for a 86GT w/ 92k miles

[jwrape]

Wonderful news.  I've heard it said many times, and I think the last one I heard say it was Raydar.  You can never have enough grounds on a Fiero. 

The EGR tube looks great.  Is it heat proof or will it have the original insulation on it?  It gets pretty hot, especially close to the EGR valve.  Maybe you should think about making those things if they work out for you.

I'm gonna re-use the EGR tube isulation that came off the original but it should with stand the heat from what I have read. I got the idea from here, except the re-flangin. I did that one my own design.
http://60degreev6.com/forum/showthread.php/45766-EGR-tube-Fix

[Fierofool]

Hurry up and get it running.  I'd like to have you with us this Sunday on the photoshoot.  We're still in need of more cars.

[jwrape]

Oh I see you guys are going to the Highlands. I wish I could go up there but I have a couple trips, one being to Duke next month that I have to save for.  Making a trip to Durham every 4 months gets expensive. I was doing it every 2 months until this month.

I do love the highlands though.

Until my wife starts her new job I'll have to stick to the local shows and meetings. I definately want to go to the highlands again. I love that place. We went back in Feb. 2010 for Valentines and had a blast in the snow. That entire water fall on the road there was frozen.

[jwrape]

I got the GT running great last night. I finally got the EGR tube working correctly. After installing and re-installing 2 more times I got it right. The first time it was whistling at me like a Turbo. Kinda sounded good but I knew it would not work of course. LOL!
Since the gaskets were on incorrectly from the PO I had to try it a couple different ways before I got it. Also my flanged end on the intake side needed a little more flange to it to make it work correctly.


At first when I started the car it idled up to 3000 rpms. I was not happy and played with the timing and checked the tube and anything else and then eventually, after it had already warmed up, I guess the ECM figured out the change that had been made and idled down perfectly for the first time since I've had the car. I love it. It idles good now.

I washed the car, put a plug in the leaky tire that had a nail in it and cleaned the coffee off the passenger seat from months ago. I put the tire slick on the tires and now it's sitting ready to roll out on Saturday to Whodeanies.

[Donster]

Good job, look forward to seeing you @ Dean's

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[jwrape]

Thanks, me too. You gotta check out the headlights and the EGR tube that I home Engineered. LOL! They all turned out pretty well and work great.
The ol' GT is coming along, one Fix or Mod at a time. :-)

[Donster]

Thanks, me too. You gotta check out the headlights and the EGR tube that I home Engineered. LOL! They all turned out pretty well and work great.
The ol' GT is coming along, one Fix or Mod at a time. :-)

Yep, I especially can't wait to see your lights mod , since I want to do a mod on the 84 also. But your ingenious EGR mod might come in handy in the future also

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[jwrape]

Thanks, me too. You gotta check out the headlights and the EGR tube that I home Engineered. LOL! They all turned out pretty well and work great.
The ol' GT is coming along, one Fix or Mod at a time. :-)

Yep, I especially can't wait to see your lights mod , since I want to do a mod on the 84 also. But your ingenious EGR mod might come in handy in the future also

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ingenious, well it wasn't my idea really. I got it from another link here. Gotta give credit.
http://60degreev6.com/forum/showthread.php/45766-EGR-tube-Fix

It's not exactly the same EGR tube nor the same way attached it but where there's a will there's a way.
I love home engineering as long as I can make it look nice and not rigged.
The only thing I can complain about it how long the tube is now. It's a 24" tube. I really needed a 12" or maybe 10" tube but it wasn't available.

If I find a shorter one I might replace it eventually. But for now it gets the EGR functioning as to before when both ends were closed off.
I had closed the EGR valve side off and then when I took the intake off, I found that someone had tried to soldier the pipe before and then closed it off after it failed again. So the EGR was totally cut off and idling at 2k rpms. Now it idles around 1200 rpms, which is GOOD with me. I think my timing needs to be adjusted a little but it runs really good now and starts up like a new car.

[Donster]

If timing adjustment on the 2.8 is like timing adjustment on the 2.5, don't forget to short the two pins on the ADLC before adjusting.

But I'm sure you already know if that needs to be done or not.

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[jwrape]

If timing adjustment on the 2.8 is like timing adjustment on the 2.5, don't forget to short the two pins on the ADLC before adjusting.

But I'm sure you already know if that needs to be done or not.

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Yea, I've done it before, but I was messing with it and mis-adjusteded it due to a leaky EGR Tube.

[jwrape]

I drove the GT up to the Wing place last night and it ran great. BUT the Check engine light came on shortly after I got going down the road so I think the EGR tube is still leaking a little.
So the flanging of the ends didn't work well enough so next step will be to pull it back off and Braze it with MAP gas and soldier.
After that is done it should work perfectly. Right now it's a lot better and actually seems to have smoothed the idle. It idles at 1400rpms right now but is running good.

[Donster]

Still a bit high on the RPMs, but once the EGR issue is corrected, plus the compensation from the EMC, it should drop to the correct idle

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[jwrape]

Still a bit high on the RPMs, but once the EGR issue is corrected, plus the compensation from the EMC, it should drop to the correct idle

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That was my thought aswell

[jwrape]

Haven't really done anything to the GT except drive it a lot lately. It's doing good. Starts every time BUT at first it stumbles and idles low for just a second when it starts. It clears up but it just doesn't like the cold start.

Wonder what that is.

[Donster]

Had the same issue on the 85GT
Replaced the MAP and it improved

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