After doing lots of reading, researching, and asking I've come to the conclusion that my E30's issues are because of vapor-lock. In other words, I believe the fuel is boiling at some point before it gets to the injectors.
First of all, anyone have this happen and cure it?
The real issue is that if I take her on a long haul under heavy load, and especially in hotter weather she'll bog down, have really rough starts, or get to the point where she will stall and need to cool down (and have some throttle coaxing) to start back up. Rough bogging starts also happen if she sits in the hot sun for a long time.
So far these are the things I can think of that may be causing/contributing:
Low car (pavement in Tucson reaches 140+ °F on an average day)
Hood's foam insulation is completely removed (it was shredded so I removed it)
Cat/cover is loose (may be leaking exhaust)
Does this seem plausible or am I over-thinking this problem?
First of all, anyone have this happen and cure it?
The real issue is that if I take her on a long haul under heavy load, and especially in hotter weather she'll bog down, have really rough starts, or get to the point where she will stall and need to cool down (and have some throttle coaxing) to start back up. Rough bogging starts also happen if she sits in the hot sun for a long time.
So far these are the things I can think of that may be causing/contributing:
Low car (pavement in Tucson reaches 140+ °F on an average day)
Hood's foam insulation is completely removed (it was shredded so I removed it)
Cat/cover is loose (may be leaking exhaust)
Does this seem plausible or am I over-thinking this problem?
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