------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/8LmulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 6 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: Some kind of Autocross on I40 From: "Stragand, Dave" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx> 2. Fw: My 300F From: "Mark Schueller" <f41324@xxxxxxxxxx> 3. Re: Re: Carb Cleaners From: News4ge@xxxxxxx 4. Re: Some kind of Autocross on I40 From: "Warren R Anderson" <wranderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 5. Avoid fast tours through Arizona From: "Warren R Anderson" <wranderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 6. Re: Re: Carb Cleaners From: "Laurence G. Johnson" <laurence_g_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:57:44 -0400 From: "Stragand, Dave" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Some kind of Autocross on I40 "One Lap of America" starts this Friday. They may be heading east for that one. http://www.onelapofamerica.com/ -Dave Stragand ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:14:15 -0500 From: "Mark Schueller" <f41324@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Fw: My 300F I am forwarding this email to the 300 Club at the request of Jim McMullen. He is unable to access the listserver. Mark Schueller 300F ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim McMullan To: Mark Schueller Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 5:42 PM Subject: RE: My 300F Mark some thoughts.When I was in the Air Force working as a recip engine mechanic we used a devise called a time-right. It had a lever that went through one of the spark plug holes and was bent to hang over the piston.It had a fulcrum point at the plug boss and the lever on the outside next to a scale (protractor).Whit this devise we could always find T.D.C.of the compression stroke.It would be pretty simple to make one.Also I have a old Hemmy manual that suggests that you ground every other spark plug in the firing order.Disconect the vacuum line and plug,start the engine and let it warm up,advance the timing (at idle or as close as you can get) until the engine quits.Mark the distributor base at the block.Do the same thing Retarding the timing an mark it.Set the dist. 1/2 way between the 2 marks and lock it down.You will have timed to best performance for the fuel you are using and your altitude.Please forward this message to the list server as I cant get through to it. Jim McMullan ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Schueller To: Jim McMullen;Karl Peterson;John Roth;Geprge Riehl;Warren Anderson;Joe Savard;Pat Grant;Dave Grove Sent: 4/28/2002 8:54:25 AM Subject: My 300F Dear Jim, Karl, John, George, Warren, Joe, Pat & Dave: My car is running much better thanks to your help. I really appreciate all your ideas and the time you took to send them to me. I went through the carbs, adjusted the floats, reinstalled the 824 pumps as recommended by George Riehl, and adjusted the pumps stroke to 7/16" in the center linkage hole. The float settings were off more than expected in one of the carbs. No one to blame but me for that problem. Dave Grove suggested I installed a new fuel pump so I installed a NAPA M3672. The rubber "fuel in" hose matched up nicely but the "fuel out" did not. I saved the original fuel out piping between the pump and the fuel filter and bent a new one. It was easy to do with a 5/16" pipe bender. When I started the engine fuel squirted out the rubber fuel filter hoses because of the higher fuel pressure. I eagerly replaced the spring type hose clamps with screw down hose clamps. The leaks stopped and I knew fuel pressure was good. Performance improved but it still wasn't good. Many of you suggested possible engine timing problems. Vacuum advance (retard) and centrifugal advance concerns were mentioned. The vacuum advance "suck" test worked with the advance snapping back sharply when vacuum was released. Dave Grove suggested that the damper timing mark could be in the wrong place. He had seen this many times before ... I had never seen this before. I decided to do some experimenting. I started advancing the timing by hand one small tweak at a time. Just in case, I first marked the original spot where the distributor meets the block with "white out". Performance improved with each minor adjustment in the advance direction. The car now leaps off the line and performs much more like it should. I still get an occasional hesitation but no more backfiring. What fun! All these years I thought engine timing was correct. Live and learn. Now I don't know where to stop with my tweaking. I don't want to go too far and hurt the engine. The engine is not pinging. Is there any way to tell top dead center on the engine without removing the front timing cover so the engine can be timed with a light. Pulling #1 spark plug and finding the compression stroke will get me close but I'd like to be exact so a timing light can be used. Any way, I'm a happy 300F motorist. Thank you all again for your helpful suggestions. This summer will be much better with my new high performance 300F. Sincerely, Mark A. Schueller --- --- macthehammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:22:06 EDT From: News4ge@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: Re: Carb Cleaners On the subject of carb cleaning.........I can get a carb squeaky clean and it still looks awful. Those of you who show your cars, what do you do? Can a carb be polished somehow? Judges --- is painting a carb a no-no? George [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:28:23 -0700 From: "Warren R Anderson" <wranderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Some kind of Autocross on I40 You probably saw participants in the Copperstate 1000. The run starts in Phoenix and ends back in Phoenix after 1000 miles of touring AZ. Do a Google search and there are some nice photos and details (Phoenix Art Museum sponsored event). The Copperstate has come to Sedona for an overnight every year that I know of. They now stop out at Enchantment Resort which is out of town in a scenic canyon behind locked gates. I did by chance catch at least three open race cars quartered (in far less costly accomodations) up on Airport Mesa. The Copperstate and the defunct Governor's Cup Ralley have both used Sedona as an overnight. The sighting on I-40 was probably the return leg from the Grand Canyon. I have never seen a Chrysler in the Copperstate. I will definately be more attentive next year. Once apon a time, the Copperstate was escorted by Highway Patrol units. Supposedly, at that time, the DPS escort units would not ticket participants for speed. Traffic allowing, some were said to be running together well over 100. That would be hoot; million dollar + cars at 100 plus on state highways. Never saw that. Warren Anderson Sedona, AZ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:24:21 -0700 From: "Warren R Anderson" <wranderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Avoid fast tours through Arizona Cannonball Run: Seems the run cars are in Arizona. Just heard AZ DPS ATL (attempt to locate) over the scanner for Cannonball run cars as some (mentioned Cobras, Corvettes) have been stopped and drivers arrested and they are warning officers in the next district to be on the lookout. Bail was posted. Guess it is hard to have a good time in your fast car in AZ these days. Warren Anderson Sedona,AZ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:31:50 -0400 From: "Laurence G. Johnson" <laurence_g_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Re: Carb Cleaners Most carbs done by professional rebuilders are grit blasted to obtain that "like new" look. This works especially well on aluminium carbs like the AFB's used in '59 and up Chryslers. However, the carb must be completely disassembled including throttle shafts, jets, metering clusters, down to the last screw. All threaded holes and throttle shaft bores must be proteceted from the high pressure grit. The blasting will remove fuel stains and the white corrosion in the float bowls. The addition of a set of reproduction tags will make the carb will look like a new one. LGJ >From: News4ge@xxxxxxx >To: langendorfer@xxxxxxxxx, Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re: Carb Cleaners >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:22:06 EDT >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [66.218.66.67] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBE96BC4600324136E80942DA4243316E51; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:15:06 -0700 >Received: from [66.218.67.193] by n12.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Apr >2002 16:15:53 -0000 >Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 29 Apr 2002 16:14:36 -0000 >Received: (qmail 48163 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2002 15:22:13 -0000 >Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; >29 Apr 2002 15:22:13 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m06.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.161) by >mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2002 15:22:13 -0000 >Received: from News4ge@xxxxxxxxx imo-m06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.5.) id >r.3d.1d72006f (4214);Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:22:06 -0400 (EDT) >From sentto-3732744-1602-1020096877-laurence_g_johnson Mon, 29 Apr 2002 >09:15:57 -0700 >X-eGroups-Return: >sentto-3732744-1602-1020096877-laurence_g_johnson=hotmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxx ups.yahoo.com >X-Sender: News4ge@xxxxxxx >X-Apparently-To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Message-ID: <3d.1d72006f.29febf1e@xxxxxxx> >X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 256 >Mailing-List: list Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; contact >Chrysler300-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Delivered-To: mailing list Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >On the subject of carb cleaning.........I can get a carb squeaky clean and >it >still looks awful. Those of you who show your cars, what do you do? Can a >carb be polished somehow? Judges --- is painting a carb a no-no? > >George > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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