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Anyone know what this does?
Pulled the interior completely out of my 71 S today and noticed two non factory red wires coming from the dash and running to the engine compartment via the shifter tunnel. On the dash, there was this red very period looking push button that blended in with all the other switches (reason I never noticed it before) with one wire running to the fuse box for power and the other to a soleniod on top of the fuel filter (see pic). I vaguely remember the original owner telling me about the switch having to do with starting the car, but that was 18 years ago and I never had to use it. Any ideas on how this works? Thanks Allan
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simple anti theft? Fuel pump required the button to be pushed for the car to start? just a guess.
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07-05-2006, 08:20 PM
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That's your cold start selenoid that channels extra gas flow to nozzles positioned at each intake when starting your engine cold.
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Thanks Ed, so is this a factory set up? Or was it supposed to be wired to a thermostat so it worked automatically? Thanks Allan
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looks like someone wired the cold start solenoid to a switch in lieu of actually fixing the problem. it's activated normally through a thermo-time switch on the breather cap.
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07-05-2006, 08:49 PM
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Thanks John, I thought so, something else to play with, it never ends does it? lol, Allan
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G-box, I noticed you have listed a '84 T594 "SR71" Sports 2000. Is that one of those Steve Johnson modified tubs?
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Hi Weaver, yeah, I mis quoted the year tho, it's a 1983, and was Steve's personal car where he ran it in 83/84, 11 races with 9 wins. Spoke to Steve about it and while there was no real starting point for all his mods starting with the T492's, He did admit that My car was the start of all the T59X and subsequent SR71 mods. The chassis number is HU71 which may have given him the idea coining the name SR71, plus he was enamoured with the plane for as long as he could remember. So despite the blurry evolution, my car is possibly the first SR71 made. Neat history and the car is still a blast to drive. Was up to 125 mph at the end of the straight at Summit point, and it was only my 6th practice lap until the engine blew. Unfortunately I trusted a race prep guy who timed it at 50 BTDC right before I went out. Will I ever learn. But the new Wenz is going in and I'm thinking Mid Ohio in August. Check out the car on my site, The Lola Registry and look under "Project Cars" and then T594 to see the saga. Lots of pictures from start to finish, so give it time to load. After driving winged cars, I thought the S2's would be a handful, but the SR71 handled tremendiously, and even under increasing full throttle around the carrosel, the car held. The mechanical grip was more than I expected and if I had more time, I knew I could faster. Steve did a great job with the car. So, while waiting for the motor, I'm restoring a 1971 911S I have. Will I be seeing you at Mid Ohio? Thanks Allan
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