Way to go!!!!
I would love to see some photo's of this. I would imagine its a relatively
cheap donor. yes? Did you use the sentra trans too? Bring it to Woodley
Park in Van Nuys, CA on Oct. 10. Must see it!
Peter S
----- Original Message -----
From: Reed Mideke <rmideke@interbase.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:17 AM
Subject: It lives!!!
>
> (another message composed on monday when our DNS was in limbo...)
>
> Those of you who are devoted to originality might want to
> skip this message.
>
> My spitfire 1600 DOHC project is now on the road. I picked
> it up from the muffler shop on friday. It was running terrible when
> we brought it there, a problem we had hoped would be fixed by having
> an exhaust system, since the O2 sensor was an inch from the end of the
> pipe.
> Exhuast didn't fix the problem. It wouldn't rev past about 2K without
> terribly surging, but below that it pulled strong even in fifth.
> After limping it to my friends house, we dumped the computer codes,
> which said the mass airflow sensor was not functioning. Find the broken
> wire, twist it together. It sounds MUCH better in the driveway. Try to
> take it for a drive, same problem. Oops, the wire came undone. Solder it
> together, and head back out. Punch it and it feels like the clutch is
> slipping...The engine revs, but we're not accelerating very fast
> But the clutch is working and there is a huge cloud of tire smoke behind
> us... WHEEEEEEE. The little Nissan Sentra motors power now far exceeds
> the
> cars tire and suspension. Spending all of my spare time for the last six
> monthes on this project now seems totally worth while.
>
> I was going to try to get it to the meet in Palo Alto, but I decided
> I would be better of spending the time getting it more road worthy.
>
> Latest news:
> After a few days of driving, it has devloped an intermittant miss
> that seems to be fuel system related. It's in the shop computer
> diagnostics
> today...
>
> --
> Reed Mideke rmideke@interbase.com
>
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