Ferrari Mailing List: Re: GT4 video...

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Good morning Peter, et al.,

   My '79 308gtb is bone-stock except for fluids.   

   In cool weather I turn on the ignition and allow 10
seconds or so for the float bowls to top up.  I doubt
that is needed but there are sometimes weeks-long gaps
between driving my car.  I then give the throttle one
press to cause the accelerator pumps to give a little
squirt.  I then turn the key without touching the
throttle.  Once it starts I may need to work the
throttle a little to enrich the mixture but it will
generally find its idle pretty quickly.  That's in
cooler weather - 50-70F.

   When its cold-to-coldish, below 50, I follow the
same procedure but have to help it AFTER it starts by
applying a little throttle for a faster idle, as
described in my previous note.  Otherwise, it will
often die.  Again, no choke applied.

   When its warm outside (70+ F) and if I've driven it
within the past few days, I just get in, turn the key
and it starts.  No throttle games required.

   In all cases, I monitor the oil pressure.  My
engine is a dry sump so there's never any lack of oil.
 It goes to 6 bar about as fast as the gauge can
travel.  Such is not the same with oil temperature. 
Since the dry sump system has lots of oil and it
doesn't live in a nice warm sump, it takes quite a
while to show any movement on the oil temp gauge.  And
I don't push the car until I see oil temperature.  By
that time, coolant temp is at normal.  Yes, I drive it
in that interval but I avoid loads and stay under
3500-4000 rpm.

Two other points might come into play here.  (1) My
car is the last of the carbed cars and as such, it had
dual electronic ignitions, not the points and
condenser of the GT4.  (2) I don't use the choke
because I don't drive the car much in cold weather and
more importantly because IT ISN'T HOOKED UP!  Ever try
to reattach a choke cable in the console?  I either
couldn't get it reattached or didn't have the patients
to work on it lokg enough to do so.

   Happy Sunday morning.  I'm now inspired to go to
the garage. :-o

rick

--- Peter Pless <ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au> wrote:

> Ok..just saw the answer. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Pless [mailto:ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au] 
> Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2008 10:11 PM
> To: Peter Pless
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GT4 video...
> 
> Yes yes yes...after 30 seconds...fine.
> 
> With fast idle on....fine.
> 
> But the one in the video started with no throttle! 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2008 12:54 PM
> To: Peter Pless
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GT4 video...
> 
> My '79 308GTB has to helped a little with the
> throttle when really cold but
> that's because I don't use the choke.  Idle's great
> though.  And after
> perhaps 30 seconds of warm-up, it will settle in at
> 1000 rpm just fine.
> Then again, my carbs haven't been touched since Ric
> Rainbolt and Joe Martz
> set them about 6 years ago!
>  The trick with Webers is to set them by the book
> then bury your
> screwdrivers in the back yard, never to be touched
> again.
> 
> rick
> 
> --- "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:
> 
> > Mine idles fine when cold, but at considerably
> higher RPM than the one 
> > in the video.  The one and only thing "cold
> blooded"
> > about mine is the gearbox.
> > 
> > Hans.
> > 
> > On 1/18/08, Peter Pless <ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au>
> > wrote:
> > > mine has electronic ignition. runs at 14:1 a/f
> on
> > cruise and DEFINITELY
> > > doesn't idle like that when cold!
> > >
> > > maybe he's got a set of rich running 60 idle
> jets
> > or something. *shrug*
> > >
> > > makes me curious.
> > >
> > >  _____
> > >
> > > From: JIM WILCOX [mailto:jimshadow [at] verizon.net]
> > > Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2008 12:18 PM
> > > To: Peter Pless
> > > Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> > > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GT4 video...
> > >
> > >
> > > I've seen that video and wondered if the car has
> > an Electronic Ignition.
> > > That HAS to be the case.   These things are cold
> > blooded beasts!!!!   :)
> > >
> > > JIM
> > >
> > > Peter Pless <ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > How does this car idle like that from stone
> cold??
> > Surely it's not possible.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHkrmHi9bNw&feature=related
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jimshadow [at] verizon.net
> > [mailto:jimshadow [at] verizon.net]
> > > Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2008 2:02 AM
> > > To: Peter Pless
> > > Cc: The FerrariList
> > > Subject: [Ferrari] GT4 video...
> > >
> > > Here is a video my neighbor took last May of my
> > car. I had owned it a
> > > month and just found this road...so hence the
> > tedious driving.
> > > Anyway, I finally got the video converted to a
> > useable format...Enjoy.
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twshMgxwZjA
> > >
> > > Jim
> > > Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device
> > >
> >
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