hey,
i just took my 12a out of winter storage, and my starter stoped working, so i push started the car to start,just to make sure all was running well..the car was running for maybe 2 minutes if that, i popped the hood, and my headers were about to melt off, they where as red as can be and i could feel the heat standing over them. how would i find out if its a carb probleme or a cat problem?

 

Take the cat off, replace with a test pipe, and run it for the same length of time. If the problem goes away, it's the cat.

It's more likely to be a carb problem, though. Carbs go sour from sitting much more frequently than do cats.

 

Yep, has to be the tuning/timing.

 

Crispy mice.

 

Rich or retarded.

 

So, this should officially be known as the "Paris Hilton" symptom... It's either rich, or it's retarded, or both.

 

Lost your leading ignition...

 

I have the same problem on my 84 that I just finished swapping motors into. Its only the rear rotor doing it tho. Timming seems fine; but, I still have to check the wireing.

 

I have the same problem, also carb related, open it, clean it, fix some hoses etc, i did solve the glow problem, but my car still run like a 60hp engine
So i´m moving to MSII.


I LOVE THIS ONE........ "Paris Hilton" symptom... It's either rich, or it's retarded, or both.

 

The new headers I put int he RX-4 had a Paris Hilton when the carb I tried was too rich. I swapped carbs and she turned into ____ (add name of a cool and collected chick; heh collected... get it?).

 

Gina Torres

 

Shutter valve?