Last week at 6am I found my starter non-functional. Of course I was on my way to work so I was a bit stressed. Fortunately, my perfectly stock 85' was in the garage. So, I took the wife's car and went on to work. This made me very sad! I so much enjoy my morning commute. You know, just me and my C4!

Anyway, I promptly got home and put her up on stands. And then proceeded to remove the starter. Only to find that the drive gear and housing was laying in the flywheel pan. It became very obvious that who ever put this starter in did not shim the starter correctly.

More importantly, I found that my knock sensor connector was wasted. I have been detecting intermittent knock sensor codes and a bit of pinging. Especially above 210 degrees. Ahhh! this explains the problem. So, I quickly go to Oreily's and spend $8.99 for a new connector and install it.

The next morning, I make my usual run from the Huntington beach to Anaheim. This was a great morning, just me and my C4! 62 degrees and a perfect sunrise. I hit my own personal 1/4 mile strip (no ones on the road at 6am) and go WOT. The L98 winds up and like a bat out of hell I'm burnin' up the Goodyears. After TCC lockup the 700R4 snaps into 2nd gear and the tail end comes out from under me. I was probably doing just about 50+ at this time. So, I ease off of the throttle and steer out of the spin (twice). No problem! And lovin' every minute of it. I got my C4 back!

I have 3 points to make in this story:

1) Thou must shim ones starter correctly! Or pay the consequences. which could have gotten very expensive, very fast.

2) Knock sensors must function correctly! Even if you can't hear pinging.

3) When the L98 runs correctly it has plenty of power and "Lifes Good"

 

amen