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Back in the days before fuel injectors, you had a winter tune up to
adjust your carb for winter operation.
I usually let my car warm up for 5-10 minutes in the garage before
heading out. Yes, with the door open.
My 69 hates the cold too. Of course it was a Florida car for it's
first 28 years, so it's understandable...,,
On Dec 17, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Hugo Tafel <[email protected]> wrote:
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Well, my 69 does the same thing. When it's cold outside it runs
really rough for a good while till it warms up. It's almost as if
it's running on 6 cylinders. I know what the issue is so I don't
worry about it. I'd rather have the nice cold air stay cold than to
have a stove under the carb. Hell, my Model T has a pre-heater to
suck in hot air to allow the use of the crappy gas back in the 20's
but I don't need that on my 455.
Hugo
--- On Thu, 12/17/09, landis rogers <[email protected]>
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From: landis rogers <[email protected]>
Subject: [FGF] cold weather operation
To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 8:00 PM
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Hijacking this thread. I have the block off plates inserted in my
car. I recently drove it to fill it up with gas and put stabil into
it in preperation for winter hibernation. The car would barely run,
it wouldn't idle and missed occasionally while running. It runs
fine in warm weather.. I was worried something had gone wrong with
the car, but can I attribute this to the exhaust crossover blocked
off. This is after the car is warm. When it is cold it doesn't run
very well because I pull the electric choke off to fast.
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