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Dick Murphy Offline
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#1
Remember a couple of weeks ago? I barely got the XR7 home. It had a top speed of 65-70. Today, I passed Colorado's treadmill smog test with an early pass, meaning that the car passed with better than 2002 emission characteristics. :-) These engines rock. If you've followed these posts, you know I had to adjust the cam out of spec. Outside of that, I simply did a tuneup, put on a cam cover gasket, and dumped a bottle of injector cleaner in the car.

I want to thank everyone for all the advice about the car. Now, I'm starting the detail on the paint and eliminating rust. The basecoat paint was almost as expensive as red basecoat. Glad I have lots of primer and clearcoat. My wife doesn't suspect that I've already spent $1,100, including tires. Amazingly cheap for the performance. Thanks again.

Dick Murphy

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88 TC
86 XR7
91 Mustang LX with 85 XR7 motor
77 Lotus Esprit
87 Mercedes 190
66 Mustang
I wonder why my wife thinks I have too many cars??
88 TC
91 Mustang LX with 85 XR7 motor
77 Lotus Esprit
87 Mercedes 190
91 Mercedes SL 300
66 Mustang
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Pete D Offline
Administrator
#2
Congrats Dick and your still have $12,400 less than her embroidery machine. Not sure how much less than a Mercedes. By the way what's the 0 to 60 time on the embroidery machine? [Image: biggrin.gif]

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88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, mods list at
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Dick Murphy Offline
Member
#3
It stitches about 1200 stitches per minute max. Good quality work runs at about 800. I can beat it easily LOL

When I took the car in for an oil change, I had the service folks evac the R12. They didn't mind since they resell it at $50/pound. With a 134A charge the AC works beautifully.
88 TC
91 Mustang LX with 85 XR7 motor
77 Lotus Esprit
87 Mercedes 190
91 Mercedes SL 300
66 Mustang
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