mrmustang

Good looking 7 Can't wait to read more about it Bill

I blamed him first

Having yet to attach a computer to my Pectel ECU (if it's not broke, I'm not ready to touch it), I'm eagerly watching this thread Bill

I'll be curious to see what is left of the frame after an acid dip and wash to neutralize the corrosion both inside and out. Forget about brazing the melted welds, I'm actually more concerned how brittle the frame has become since the fire was hot enough to melt the aluminum body panels. I suspect the VIN, if not marked in the California DMV/MVS as salvage, might end up on a donor chassis for it's phoenix like rise from the ashes. Bill

It's missing a decent rollcage

I'm wondering what the stage "1" and stage "2" cams from Caterham are (or were for my US based Zetec) and whether they might be a place for you to start before you start to redesign a cam profile from scratch. Bill

I thought it was best to play it safe given how carboned up the plugs and older, already replaced oxygen sensor was. No cold idle set up on the car, #3 throttle plate rattles a bit, and is set slightly open so it starts I assume, no real pull from 1,2,4 until throttle is given and their respective throttle plates open. Going to need someone to sit in the car and work the throttle so I can take measurements to try and balance them. I did air up the 5 year old Pirelli cinturato tires this AM (11-12.5lbs cold) to 26psi and went for a nice 5 mile loop. Car ran great, my next step is to take it out again for a longer drive and to top off the tank with some 93 octane, maybe some throttle/engine cleaner additive just to try and clean out the rest of the combustion chamber. Bill

Sadly, I have two identical from that seller, both in sealed factory bags. I'll swing by the local Chevy dealer and talk to their parts guy. Thanks for the sanity check. Bill

Yes, I have the female plug on the left, the one shown was clearly wired incorrectly as one wire was burned completely through it's sheathing, thankfully this was in a pile of spare parts in the travel box, and not something I then needed to deal with. Win 10, while not yet outdated, is a few revs down, so in my mind, old. Any laptop (this one 8+ years old) that cannot run Win 11 is old. 3 gig of ram, and AMD chip set, yeah, old and outdated, but should work for what I need. Bill

Pectel T2

Wanted to follow up on this, spent a few days blowing the dust off an older Win 10 laptop with a serial port, updating software that is at least 2-4 years old took two days all by itself. I have parts incoming for the cable I need, and have downloaded an older version of DescProW software that was suggested from someone on the Cosworth support forum. I was able to get it to open in "offline" mode on my Win 11 (H2) box, but it has no serial port, hence my decision to resurrect the old Win 10 laptop, will check online mode once I have the parts needed for this interface. Bill PS: I miss radio shack

Did you add any oil to the filter when you changed it? I typically will fill it 1/3rd, that way it does not leak out when I install it on the side of the block. Bill

Ok, 6pm yesterday, the oxygen sensor arrived, an AC Delco AFS-73 per the notes I have in the files, sadly the sensor came in with a female plug on it instead of a male plug, forcing me to use one of the used spares found in the travel box as a substitute/donor to use the female plug. Wired up, soldered together, and installed, I set the car down on the ground, installed the cut off switch, and turned the car over. First attempt was a fail, car sputtered, caught, then died. Cycled key and tried again, this time the car caught, sputtered to life, and stayed running. Let run for a minute before attempting to add a little throttle, which immediately caused the car to stall. Cycled key again, motor caught and continued to run. This time allowed the car to warm up until the temp gauge showed movement. A quick throttle jab with my arm (car still in the air at this time) in the footbox caused the engine to rev accordingly......Shut the car down, took it off the ramps/jack stands, removed the doors and backed the car out of the garage for the first time in weeks. A quick half lap of the neighborhood and the car was running well, no pops, no hesitation which made me a little more comfortable and I took two full laps (1.1 miles each) cycling through the first three gears without any issues. Pulled back in to back the car into the garage, felt the clutch drag a bit with the car in reverse and the pedal to the floor, popped the car out of gear and proceeded to give the pedal a few pumps which took care of this. However, makes me think I either have some air in the system, or a master or slave is possibly going out. Worse case scenario is a clutch replacement, but seeing how cleanly the clutch worked in the first 3 forward gears, I'm not inclined to tear into them just yet. Thoughts? As for the oxygen sensor, does anyone have a correct part number for a sensor that would have the female plug installed, I'm confident on my soldering skills, but would still prefer one that was not messed with. Female plug on left And of course, if there is no picture, it didn't happen Thanks for following along. Bill

If followed to the letter California's "SB100" is the key. With the SPCN 0000 and no year listed on the title, this is exactly how they got the car legally titled. Bill

Finally had time to watch the whole video this AM, what a great way to spend a rainy morning. Bill