[Silly Little Cars] conventional wisdom about GO-4 (Rich Hyde)

[goaliefergy1 at aol.com]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the Go-4's distributors like the ones from the 94-95 Aspires (with the crank sensor within the distributor)? Later years of the Aspire had a separate engine block mounted crank sensor. Rock Auto has rebuilt distributors for a 94 Aspire for about $170 with a $30 core charge.
 

 

 

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Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] conventional wisdom about GO-4 (Rich Hyde)



Rich,
the timing should be set the same as the Aspire. The responsiveness should be 
better than an aspire due the lower curb weight, but that isn't saying much.

The aspire and festiva distributor assemblies sold as "rebuilt" or 
"remanufactured" are junkyard assemblies that have been tested and cleaned up. 
I've seen these priced around $350 from an auto parts store; $35 from a salvage 
yard. I carry a used spare I tested on the car when I bought it, along with a 
wrench to replace it in case it ever goes out enroute. This is one of those 
items that usually gives little or no warning before complete failure.

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>My '97 no longer starts and checked the codes from the diagnostic port and says 
crank position sensor. Since that means a new distributor, once replaced I'll 
have to reset the timing. Guess I'll have to play around with it. lol. I'm not 
sure what mine is set at now, but it's pretty spirited as is if I put my foot 
down! I did put Redline D4 fluid in my transmission, so don't know if that 
cleaned up the valves in the transmission a bit for better transmission response 
maybe?
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>From: Rich Hyde <rhyde at ezmicro.com>
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>Has anyone ever changed the ignition/timing in their Ford/Mazda engine to 
reflect what was put in one of the cars.  I like not having a governor but it 
would be nice to have the responsiveness that a car has when I hit the gas!


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