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72projectbird

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77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« on: January 17, 2023, 08:54:01 PM »


Thought you guys might like this...

So I bought this car from Georgia. It's been there it's whole life, and probably has never seen snow. I had to move it out of the garage for the weekend and guess what? It snowed. lol

So I figured it be a good time to see how well I have the Q-Jet set up. I made a quick vid of the cold start just for fun. I filmed it vertically like a moron.

It fired right up though. I have the choke idle speed set lower than the 1800rpm spec. I dont think it needs to be spinning that fast imo, but who knows?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKBl9xg2WQ
« Last Edit: January 17, 2023, 08:55:36 PM by 72projectbird »
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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2023, 10:26:09 PM »
Looks like you have the carb and choke set up pretty well. Seeing the snow reminded me how bad these cars were to drive in the snow.
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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2023, 12:17:57 PM »
Okay Mr. show off... and here I am trying to start my car for the last month without any success.




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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2023, 05:12:07 PM »
That is awesome! Looks like a really nice engine bay too! You always find great cars!

Ya, I daily drove my car through college. Quick story, I was on my way to school one day in a good snow storm.  I stopped at a light and when it turned green I let out the clutch (same car I have today but I had a stick in it back then) and the tires just spun and it wouldn't move. So like any rational teenager, I got out of the car with it still in gear and tires spinning to run to the back of the car and push it. As I was pushing I slipped and fell and the car chugged away with me running after it.... I did catch up and got in it in time to stop it before it hit something.... Ya, those were the days... It's amazing I never wrecked that car over the 27 years I've owned her.
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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2023, 06:51:26 PM »
Okay Mr. show off... and here I am trying to start my car for the last month without any success.

lol it definitely took some tweaking to get it to start so easily.

That is awesome! Looks like a really nice engine bay too! You always find great cars!

Ya, I daily drove my car through college. Quick story, I was on my way to school one day in a good snow storm.  I stopped at a light and when it turned green I let out the clutch (same car I have today but I had a stick in it back then) and the tires just spun and it wouldn't move. So like any rational teenager, I got out of the car with it still in gear and tires spinning to run to the back of the car and push it. As I was pushing I slipped and fell and the car chugged away with me running after it.... I did catch up and got in it in time to stop it before it hit something.... Ya, those were the days... It's amazing I never wrecked that car over the 27 years I've owned her.

Haha I'm glad that story had a happy ending! These cars certainly lived interesting lives. Everyone I meet ends up talking about old stories of their car, or a buddies car, and they usually never end well.
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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2023, 06:51:26 PM »

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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2023, 03:06:08 PM »
Looks like you have that dialed in very nicely! I usually had mine idle around 800rpm or so, just didn't see the point in a high idle for my situation.
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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2023, 03:49:49 PM »
Check and check, nice job!

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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2023, 05:35:36 PM »
Well it was cold as hell today, and had the car sitting outside the shop for 8 hours. Figured I'd make another vid.

https://youtu.be/a-MOBCSa1ds
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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2023, 06:15:31 AM »
Hell suppose to be hot...




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Re: 77 Trans Am Cold start vid
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2023, 06:17:33 AM »
Try again  :lol:




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