[jluetjen]

I just took the car up and down the street today to get some air in the tires at my local gas station prior to doing the suspension set-up. The engine ran fine and after sitting the pans under the engine are almost perfectly dry (keep in mind I didn't do a complete rebuild, just the known leak behind the right cam sprocket and the transaxle). A couple of issues that I need to look into...

1) The engine really doesn't idle much slower. After flowing the TB's on a bench Matt thought that they were set for the car to idle at 900 RPM, while it seems that the car wants to idle at around 1100 RPM still. Now I haven't gone through the tune-up/CMA routine yet, nor has the engine really gotten warm. I've only driven it for about 1 mile plus running it in the drive way. I'll look into the engine tuning after I get the suspension set-up -- hopefully this weekend.

2) While gently shifting up through the gears on the way to my local gas station to I found that the gear box balked going into 4th gear. 5th worked fine, but it was like it wouldn't go into 4th. No gnashing or anything, it's just the shifter wouldn't go there. On the way back it shifted into 4th just fine. I suspect that the synchros may need to break in a little bit, but has anyone ever run into a similar problem in a 901/902?

We're getting there!
- John