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I finally got to try out the true capabilities of my LT-1 yesterday -- at a BC Corvette Club slalom. It was awesome! After getting lost on my first run, I followed up with 4 consecutively faster runs (but still 10 secs slower than the fastest guy). I really have to learn how to smooth out my turns -- I tended to fishtail quite a bit!
My last run, however, revealed a potential problem. As the car and the day warmed up, I began to notice a definite 'bogging' whenever I accelerated from a near stop (the course was setup so that you never got out of first, and on some of the sharp hairpin corners you dropped to almost 0, necessitating a push of the clutch). On the very last turn, with the finish line 2 car lengths in front of me, my car stalled.
At first I thought maybe the car bogged and I just release the clutch too soon, instead of 'coaxing' the car into accelerating (by tapping on the gas and slowly releasing the clutch). But the more I think about it, the more I think that may not have happened, because this may have happened before.
Last time I had just finished a 1.5 hour non-stop drive up to the Squamish/Whistler area, and I had to stop to make a left. Well, as soon as I pushed in the clutch, the car stalled. But it hasn't happened since -- including 2 more drives up to Whistler.
At any rate, even if the car didn't just stall, it's still bogging when it heats up.
So, any ideas on what could be causing this behaviour? I've had 4 opinions thus far: carb needs tuning (but it's a new carb, just prof. installed), timing needs adjustment (but it was just prof. adjusted), vapour lock (???), and 'that's just the way carb'd cars are'.
My last run, however, revealed a potential problem. As the car and the day warmed up, I began to notice a definite 'bogging' whenever I accelerated from a near stop (the course was setup so that you never got out of first, and on some of the sharp hairpin corners you dropped to almost 0, necessitating a push of the clutch). On the very last turn, with the finish line 2 car lengths in front of me, my car stalled.
At first I thought maybe the car bogged and I just release the clutch too soon, instead of 'coaxing' the car into accelerating (by tapping on the gas and slowly releasing the clutch). But the more I think about it, the more I think that may not have happened, because this may have happened before.
Last time I had just finished a 1.5 hour non-stop drive up to the Squamish/Whistler area, and I had to stop to make a left. Well, as soon as I pushed in the clutch, the car stalled. But it hasn't happened since -- including 2 more drives up to Whistler.
At any rate, even if the car didn't just stall, it's still bogging when it heats up.
So, any ideas on what could be causing this behaviour? I've had 4 opinions thus far: carb needs tuning (but it's a new carb, just prof. installed), timing needs adjustment (but it was just prof. adjusted), vapour lock (???), and 'that's just the way carb'd cars are'.
