took a long cruise today...

[esty]

the longest trip my 76 o2's seen in a dozen years...after rebuilding the front end, i had to have the front end aligned, had that done this morning and took the long way home...i drove her about 100 miles thru the country with a short hop on the freeway...

i'm slightly disappointed with the holley carb...i seem'd to have lost some power on the low end...she just doesn't seem to be as peppy as with the weber but once she's up to 2nd gear she runs great...if my gas mileage is better it may be a fair trade...i need to spend some more time behind the wheel to see if i can live with it...or maybe it just needs to be tweaked by someone that knows more than me

[Supergeek]

Man, its been over 3 months since I've driven my 02. Weather here in Los Angeles is too good. Hopefully I'll have her back on the road by the end of April. Driving my 02 always puts a smile on my face no matter how bad my day is going. I miss it.

[TTyMiller]

I like your colors,.thought of doing something like that myself. The county cops here were the reason I got rid of the M3, not that I drove too fast just didn't understand

[Gordon]

I took a long cruise yesterday in my tii, 300 miles from bill Holmes shop in San Diego to N Santa Barbara county. Driving up 101 along the coast from Santa Barbara to Gaviota and then Hwy 1 to Lompoc is always a great drive in an 02.

G-Man

[jmon0261]

Finaly gonna get to take a long 100 + mile cruise as well.

Sacramento to Chico- looking forward to it-

[InkaSteve]

Just put on another 850 miles up to the Shamrock Rally and back, Fri nite and Saturday. Now that was a long cruise. Great fun though.. got close to 28 mpg coming home avg. 70 mph. that is with a 4 speed and 4:11 diff.

[Mike Self]

and anyway, there's still salt lurking here and there on the local roads.

BTW, when '02s were new and one barreled in the carb dept, a lot of folks fitted Cannon manifolds and Holley two bbl carbs (not Holley-Webers)--and were disappointed in just what you describe--lack of low end power and a big flat spot when accelerating. We always kinda figured it was the manifold but the carb may have been to blame--lots of throat area when suddenly opened was the proximate flat spot cause.

mike