Back fire under heavy load check all your spark plug wires is usually a bad wire that looks real good on simple inspection.

 

The wires actually say made in the USA surprisingly.

I'll see how it runs tomorrow.

Heck I'm starting to wonder if maybe I need to check / tighten the exhaust again after the starter swap.

 

I was in a spot where I needed my car to get to work when the first starter went out. So I got one from O'Reillys and put it in.

I did make sure there was not tension on cables on the last one since I replaced all cables with newer thicker guage ones. Now the alternator wire is going straight to the battery and not the starter.

 

How is it running now?

 

Yesterday I took it to a local Tuner Henderson Performance. He changed the fan settings, eliminated rear o2 sensors and the annoying skip shift.

On the way over to his shop cutting through traffic I hit 230 on coolant temp. I got to thinking this was while doing 60-80 mph. I was thinking heck maybe the radiator is very clogged and needs to be recore.

Driving home from the Tuner about 5:30pm 1.5 Hr drive becuase of traffic. I hit 225 but was at 208 for a long time.


About 8pm I took the air intake off and the top shroud. The was a crap load of leaves and grass between the radiator and condenser. I used the water hose the best I could to clear it out. So I fired her up watched temps settle to 182-185 I took it for a shot trip at first higher rpms and low speed to get it to 190 then cruised it and dropped to a low of 174. Light throttle was 180. At one point sitting at 180 I hit the gas and I can tell a big difference in power. It was breaking traction at 70 mph. I didn't hear a backfire last night. This morning I did hear a not so loud backfire. I still need to recheck the exhaust bolts. I probably should remove the radiator to properly clean it out externally also maybe just get it recorded while I'm at it.