Upgrades and repairs to GSX #508

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by CJay, Oct 4, 2021.

  1. Dano

    Dano Platinum Level Contributor

    Pretty sure the 425/Quadrajet engine in my old (& very orig.) '66 Riv. GS was red.
     
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  2. dreeesh

    dreeesh Well-Known Member

    ok good stuff...i didnt realize that!!
     
  3. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Not much going on with the GSX. I already put over 1k miles on her this season and it's not even summer yet! I'll probably will have 5k miles on it total since I bought it by the end of the summer

    Thanks to @Brett Slater, the GSX now has stamped upper and lower hoses!

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    Other than that, the car is very reliable, starts right up hot or cold. Everything works. It's as close to how it would of been driving one of these in like 1975 as you can get.

    Aside from fixing the bottom inserts in the bucket seats, it's pretty much dialed in. I like it just the way it is
     
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  4. Mike Sobotka

    Mike Sobotka Founders Club Member

    Clem, you are coming to Morgantown, correct??
     
  5. dreeesh

    dreeesh Well-Known Member

    how does it fit with your gs air cleaner?
     
  6. Skyhawk

    Skyhawk Well-Known Member

    You can stamp my hose at Morgantown if you don't mind.
     
  7. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    The upper hose fits just fine. I used a Gates 20980. It fits in the hose hook too
     
  8. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    One way or another!!
     
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  9. GSXER

    GSXER Well-Known Member

    What's going down in Morgantown?..heard someone say GSX @ GNX reunion of some sort?There an official page for this.
     
  10. Max Damage

    Max Damage I'm working on it!

  11. Guy Parquette

    Guy Parquette Platinum Level Contributor

    That actualy happened to me a couple years ago with my 99.5 Ford Lightning..this truck is nice. Bought new , never seen rain, with a tick over 10K miles. Nice day so took it to a store to get office supplies.parked way away from everybody. While checking out I see a beater Tarus parked next to my Lightning. Thought that was very odd.while walking out I see him open his door so quick it SnapBack shut. He then takes off. Sure enough he ding my front fender.
    Lucky that it didn’t take any paint off.
    So called my paintless dent repair dude.50 bucks later no dent.
     
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  12. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    The GSX has developed an ignition issue. Started running rough. It got a wierd random missfire at cruise. It was just "off" from how it usually runs

    Took the points out and they're definitely pitted. One pad has a crater in it. Started putting in a set of new points and noticed the ground wire was broken off the breaker plate. So out came the distributor and a new breaker plate went in.

    Put it all back together and now it runs even worse! Lol. Swapped in a new condenser....no bueno. Still running like dog excrement

    I'm gonna sleep on it and try again to get to the bottom of the mystery.
     
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  13. Redmanf1

    Redmanf1 Gold Level Contributor

    Sometimes better off to walk away and get a fresh start.
     
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  14. Brett Slater

    Brett Slater Super Moderator Staff Member

    Time to pull the motor.
     
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  15. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    Test those crappy carbon ribbon wires.:D Look at the running engine at night. Maybe you can see some arcing.
     
  16. 72 skylark custom

    72 skylark custom Well-Known Member

    Pulling a motor out of a car that looks this good would not be fun. Hopefully its a simple issue thats easy to fix
     
  17. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!

    He probably set the point gap with a match book and then just marked the distributor to ease the install process. :D
     
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  18. Mike B in SC

    Mike B in SC Well-Known Member

    It’s nothing that a complete frame off won’t fix!
     
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  19. Chief96

    Chief96 Member

    Bad coil, perhaps?
     
  20. bignastyGS

    bignastyGS Maggot pilot

    Part out time!!!
     
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