'88 L Street/Track Build- Coilovers • B6ZE • Weber DCOE's • Widebody • Chopped Top •

[firebush357]

Hey, if it ain't fast... at least it's pretty!

[Thebrandonbeezy]

Can you not slot out the tracks for the pins?
Like so.

2018-11-13_08-41-32 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

Also, have you considered lighter springs to bing in the advance quicker?
I doubt the advance is your problem though. Sounds more like a jetting/synchronization issue to me. Though the timing will be nice after the fuel side is sorted.
Can you post a video of it acting up?

Also, a in the states genuine Weber parts supplier,

http://www.carburetion.com/index.htm

They're who i purchased my 32/36 from

[theastronaut]

Hey, if it ain't fast... at least it's pretty!

I am pretty happy with how it looks!

Can you not slot out the tracks for the pins?
Like so.

2018-11-13_08-41-32 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

Also, have you considered lighter springs to bing in the advance quicker?
I doubt the advance is your problem though. Sounds more like a jetting/synchronization issue to me. Though the timing will be nice after the fuel side is sorted.
Can you post a video of it acting up?

Also, a in the states genuine Weber parts supplier,

http://www.carburetion.com/index.htm

They're who i purchased my 32/36 from

I thought about slotting it slightly longer but it wouldn't add much advance; the current slot length only adds 17*, and it would add it very high in the rpm range with the stock springs- around 5k rpm. Lighter springs would help bring it in sooner though. The sync in good, it idles very smoothly and revs good, just has a big lean spot under low speed load that the new emulsion tubes should fix. I ended up emailing the guy I bought the carbs from, he had them in stock and all four with expedited shipping was cheaper than buying a set on eBay. They should be here Thursday. If they were Webers then parts would be more available here. I think I have a vid of going through second gear I can upload.

[Thebrandonbeezy]

Ohh my bad i thought you ran webers, they're dellorto's?

[Thebrandonbeezy]

I see why i thought you ran webers lol, i also see that you have the dellorto info in your sig haha

[theastronaut]

Yeah I originally had 40 DCOE's but swapped to 45 DHLA's. I can't edit the title to update it though.

[theastronaut]

The carb parts didn't come in til yesterday so I only got to take the white Festiva to the autocross. Jacob (my BIL that works at Michelin) had been ribbing his boss that a Festiva was going to outrun his pro-touring Chevelle, and we thought we'd need the red car to get the job done. We were dissapointed when the parts didn't show in time. I swapped the 13's with R888's back on the white one and took the roof rack and spare tire/jack out to shed extra weight but didn't do anything else to prep it.

We took turns driving and Jacob was catching on pretty quickly. It started puking oil from the valve cover breather after the third run; the base of it had split and it was leaking badly. We had to make an Oreilly's run to get parts to fix it, hose to remote-mount the new breather/filter, and brake cleaner/towels to wash off all the oil that had leaked everywhere. We missed seven morning runs but was able to get back in time to get lunch with the group and make all of the evening runs.

There were some pretty serious cars and drivers at the event. 1-6th place were all either Michelin drivers or were with the SCCA club that setup the event the day before with the same layout so they had more practice. The Evo was a fully built time attack race car that was trailered there, the Z06 was a streetable racecar with sponsor decals covering it, the Subarus were modified, the Mini was modified and on slicks... these guys weren't playing!

Jacob's boss ended up bringing his newer Camaro SS with Detroit Speed susupension parts, engine work, and sticky tires which I figured would be even quicker than the Chevelle. He placed 20th out of 45 entries with a 56.612. My best was a 54.114 which put me in 10th... very suprising for not getting all the runs in to learn the track, having completely blown front coilovers, and only around 75 hp. They're supposed to have two autocrosses next year so hopefully we can go back with the red car and maybe place even better!







Link to full res results:

https://imgur.com/appbz5D

[Rick the Quick]

Nice work John!

[Dragonhealer]

This will never get old.
Good Job!

[william]

Awesome job , and great how to video for the rear camber.
I need to do mine before next year's autox but don't know weather to use my gutted aspire beam (no torsion bar) and festive mounts or swap to the festive beam and run aspire spindle's.