> I still remember
> the 69 SS396 Camaro my dad owned and which I
> totalled because the motor
> mount broke and the police car that was behind me
> couldn't figure out what
> happened when it accelerated on me unexpectedly at a
> prodigious rate which I
> could not control.
Same thing happened to me in 1975. A friend had a
1969 or '70 Chevy (can't remember make, but it had a
big-block monster engine). I went to make a left turn
onto the road from a gas station, the damn thing took
off like a house on fire and the next thing I knew I
was skidding across two lanes of traffic. About the
same time I got it pointed straight ahead, the
automatic tranny shifted into second and the
acceleration let off. Of course it happened in front
of a local cop that didn't like me (reasons shall
remain unkown), and he didn't believe my explanation.
When I went to court, I had a writeup from a local
shop that explained what had happened. The judge gave
me a $20 fine because I admitted that it had happened
to my buddy once that I knew off. Cheaper than the
$125 it could have been, especially since I was a
long-haired delinquent in a small California desert
town...
Roadster content: my little car is idling weird.
It will start off around 650-800 RPM after warming up,
but after approximately 5-15 minutes more the idle
will creep up over 1300. It seems to be increasing a
little every time I drive. Possibly related, I need
to apply the choke for a longer period of time than in
the past to keep it from dying.
A while back I remember seeing something about the
vacuum advance being a possible culprit, but I deleted
the message. Any ideas about how to check this out
and pinpoint the cause? I have a Pertronix module
that has worked fine for 6 months, everything else in
the ingition chain is stock or equivalent. Spark
plugs and wires are in good shape, and the head has
been completely rebuilt.
TIA for the help!
Rick Emery
'66 1600 daily driver (target painted on it
somewhere - have damage on front, back, and both front
fenders in the last year from two other vehicles, a
dog, and my own stupidity)
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