New member, just sayin' hi! (Page 2 of 2)

Jim, you have no idea how useful this link to the electrical diagram is going to be. Was driving last night, and the horn shorted out, the turn signals stopped working (dash indicator stays solid), and the engine stays running until you turn the headlights off! Even if you take the key out!

Wow. Got some wiring to fix...

Well now that the engine is mostly sorted out, I took it on the freeway for the first time. I was wondering how far past 50 I would get, as that was the fastest it had been since being made drivable again. I was pleasantly surprised that it hit 65mph at the bottom of the ramp without trying very hard, and I stepped it up to 75 before exiting the freeeway with no problems. This is a much happier car now, and I'll be rebuilding and jetting the carb soon to see if that improves it further.

Paul

True, what the Burr says. I run 10 less in the front. But Burr you have trouble hitting the right keys. Drove my car yesterday and all is well, will need an alignment sometime, but the car is very drivable.

That's how I set the tire pressure exactly, but I'll check it again to make sure I don't have a leak. I can tell the alignment is off when driving it though: too much toe out and the steering will feel dead and indifferent when centered, too much toe in and it will feel twitchy. Regardless of the car, I usually like to setup the suspension so the steering has no slack or twitchiness, and both front tires start losing grip at the same time. If I can't get that sweet spot, then changing sway bars or going to adjustables is next as long as the car has no major balance issues. On my first race car, it was just too nose heavy to handle well, so I went to fiberglass front fenders, skinned the hood, and cutout the fender liners. I know there is no way around the weight distribution in the Ghia, so I'll just have to work with it and get the ends to balance out better. Moving the battery and making the front and rear suspension work well together will help. Further down the road when all the suspension parts are 100%, I'll play around with sway bars to equalize the amount of work done by each of the tires and get the handling nailed down. I'm not going to be racing the Ghia, but I really like a car that can comfortably stick to the road without winding up facing the wrong way

My other car was pretty easy to make handle because it came from the factory with 51/49 weight distribution. I lowered it and went with different dampers, springs, bushing, and adjustable sway bars. Handling now is neutral at steady speeds, and you can lift the throttle to hang the tail out or get on the gas to tuck it back in. More throttle and it will go wide, but that is perfect for exiting corners. The tail going wide makes turn-in easy, then you aim for your apex and go wide open throttle for the oversteer to pull you to the outside. Completely controllable in a four-wheel drift at 90+mph.

Oh come on big boy, it isn't that noticeable is it? And you said thru thick and thin!!

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