Saw a different Genesis Coupe with what may have been some home market emblems and diecut announcing it’s “KDM” heritage. Oh, so it’s derivitive and two generations in technology behind everyone else?
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So here’s what happened with the street FX. I went out & got a compression tester and a stethoscope and went about diagnosing the car. Pulled the sparkplugs, they were pretty gunky and the gap looked pretty eroded and huge. I tested the compression, #4 was a little low but within minimum spec, #3 was very good. So while the readings indicated that to be in top running condition, the engine could do with a rebuild, it was still in good running shape. So the headgasket looks to be ok. What now? Continue reading ‘Suck!’
OK, first off thanks to Ckucky and Scat for stopping by for the assist. The main objective of swapping suspension struts went pretty painlessly. There was a slight complication of zapping a cracked flange with welder, but it all went together well, we got all four swapped, and even had bonus time to change out wheel studs on one rear to ARPs. Continue reading ‘Futless FX’
Metal plate across road – I go straight through: 4Runner behind me swerves fully into oncoming lane to avoid it. Pussy.
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I finally decided to do something about the starter problem on the rally FX. It’s a chronic problem with Corollas of this vintage. On the street FX I simply put a pushbutton in parallel with the ignition key. It works, most of the time, but occasionally even that does not, so there is something else in that circuit that is contributing to voltage drop. Instead of pushing the full starter solenoid current through the ignition switch, I decided to run it through a relay, the way I thought it should be.
The guys at Exhaust Systems Hawaii took care of the Rally FX once again. They gave me a break on the cost of the flex joint seeing as I go to them almost as much Scat! Hour later and I was out with a new, shorter flex installed. We shall see how long that lasts. I’m hoping fixing the engine mount helps. In two weeks we’ll have our Fathers Day rally, at Kualoa Ranch!
First off, the valves worked great! No gas spillage and fume issues this race. Did hear a soft honkey sound once, kinda like if your meep meep horn was buried. I’m thinking that was the valve “blowing off”. The car ran pretty well the whole event.
The exhaust has developed a leak again, the flex joint has failed yet again. The guy at exhaust system said he’ll look for a heavier duty one that has the stainless mesh on both inside and outside. What a PIA, I later thought maybe I should have them put in flanges so the flex joint could be bolted in & out. I’m confident enough in my welding that I could a weld a section, but not while its still in the vehicle.
In Waimalu, if you drive into the wrong lane when approaching an intersection, you don’t have to stop at the stop sign, since it isn’t in your lane of traffic!
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