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Originally Posted by Brian Baker
No disrespect to Bill, but, the car does not run "well". He knows this. The idle jumps from 500 rpm to 2500 rpm and back again...he can't really "get on it" like the blowers suggest else the engine will fail from being too lean. It's basically what Hot Rod magazine used to call radical Pro Street cars from the late 80's as a "fairway queen"...it looks fast and sounds wild, but in reality it can't do more than just cruise around, and it's not very adept at that with the wild idle surging.
Bill knows this. With some tuning effort, and some more money out of pocket, it can probably be made to run fairly well, but Bill is not overly concerned. He enjoys taking it to shows, wowing the crowd, taking home trophies, and occasionally taking home cash for a "best of" or "dealers choice" award. For Bill, this is his way of "getting his rocks off". Somebody else must like it too, else he wouldn't be getting the accolades. Double blower not your cup of tea? Mine neither. But neither of us are paying his bills.
I'd like to see him get it running correctly, but that's going to take some effort, particularly out of the pocket, and Bill isn't interested in doing that now. And why should he? He's already made his statement and is having a blast doing it, so whether or not it runs correctly is irrelevant.
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Brian, I have said in the past that the car does not "idle" well but I've never said the car doesn't run well. The car runs fine once it gets off idle. The idle surge makes it a PITA to try and park at a car show and to try and get it on a trailer, but that's it. When I drive the car (which is very often) it runs fine. From just off idle to 70mph it runs great and cruises all day. No problems running wise (except for my broken balancer bolt mishap last week) and the few times I have hit it to about half throttle, it blows the MT ET Street 33X18.5 tires off with NO problem. No throttle lag.....No missing....No lean (if anything there is some black smoke from rich....but that is mostly from a lot of idling around). I wouldn't trade this car for anything. I am 99% pleased with it. I have grown accustomed to the idling characteristics and as long as that isn't hurting anything (and I see no evidence it is) I don't plan to change it. The second blower will be coming off soon enough and then I will worry about tuning it for more performance. If my pockets were deep enough to pay for the gas, I'd drive this car anywhere. It's just not practical to drive it to Norwalk, Louisville, Detroit and other long distance shows I attended this year. I have driven it to shows as far away as 78 miles one way and back home without issues. Lots of bumper to bumper driving in Ocean City, Md during Cruisin week and Detroit during the Woodward Dream Cruise. The car has been driven over 2000 miles this year. The only issues I had were a broken rear shock (hitting a pothole), a thrown alternator belt (getting on it once driving to Capitol Raceway) and the broken balancer bolt last week. I don't think that is bad for a "Fairway Queen". LOL
