1/4 mile time for 85 gs?
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Have you checked the T-bar yet? My '85 was topping out at a whopping 85 or so MPH - very sad!
Checked everything related to brakes, alignment, etc. since the car seemed to run fine.
Shortly after losing my driver's license, I realized to check the T-bar. It's part of the return linkage. If the T-bar is off of the big cam-looking thing that the main return spring attaches to, you won't get more than about 1/2 opening of the primaries and the secondaries won't open at all.
The T-bar was off on my car. I put it back on the cam and took it for a very quick test drive up and down my side street. BIIIIIIG difference.
Checked everything related to brakes, alignment, etc. since the car seemed to run fine.
Shortly after losing my driver's license, I realized to check the T-bar. It's part of the return linkage. If the T-bar is off of the big cam-looking thing that the main return spring attaches to, you won't get more than about 1/2 opening of the primaries and the secondaries won't open at all.
The T-bar was off on my car. I put it back on the cam and took it for a very quick test drive up and down my side street. BIIIIIIG difference.
Re: 1/4 mile time for 85 gs?
Originally posted by snakes99
all the wed sites i have looked at say that the 12a should get about 80 in the 1/4, but i can only seem to get mine up to 70. is there anyone else out there with a gs that gets 80 or so, and does anyone have any suggestions on why mine would go so slow? it just makes me sad that a "sports car" can only hit 70 in the 1/4, just doenst seem right.
all the wed sites i have looked at say that the 12a should get about 80 in the 1/4, but i can only seem to get mine up to 70. is there anyone else out there with a gs that gets 80 or so, and does anyone have any suggestions on why mine would go so slow? it just makes me sad that a "sports car" can only hit 70 in the 1/4, just doenst seem right.
the only things that i can think of are maybe an exhaust leak or maybe the clutch is slipping a little (and you might not yet be able to notice it) ... but also check what peejay said about the "t-bar"-thing on the carb. i never heard it called that before, but i'm saying that maybe your secondaries aren't opening.
let us know what happens ...
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it actually was that "t-bar" thing you were talking about. my secondaries werent opening at all, but i still got my car to top out at 109 with just the primaries. but now its all hooked up right and the car is now fun as hell!
thanks for the help guys
thanks for the help guys
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