- Sounds like you're not there yet, but one option down the road is to
put Weber carbs in. I got an set-up from Brian Holm in Vermont and it
worked out fine. Not cheap, but it worked real well.
- The 504 wheels with the tiny hole in the center have been (one of)
the banes of my Peugeot-owning existnce over the years. No one in my
part of NY state had a machine with an adapter that could balance them.
Speed shops didn't balance on the car anymore either. Went toa truck
stop once and they put that powder in the tires to "balance" them.
Total waste. Finally went to Dave Burnham, well-known Citroen guru and
he had a machine that could do it since aparently there's no hole in
Citroen wheels.
Easiest thing to do is just get a 504 wheel with the larger center hole.
3. I recently put the 505 manifold on my 504 sedan (had to change the
down pipe, too) and it runs real nice with surprising pep.
-----Original Message-----
From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of James Rabin
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:58 PM
To: tcb323
Cc: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] 1976 504 gas automatic - problems
- Sounds like the secondary carb isn't working or hardly working at
all. I'd make sure you have functionality first. They can be nasty to
get right - but when you do the car is fairly peppy. Pulling the choke
is essentially enriching the mixture so your definitely lacking fuel.
(It must really be dogging it if pulling the choke halfway makes it
faster!)
- Could be the wheel, ball joint, or the tie rod. I don't have any
special tools and have been able to do all the work with "make do" tools
when needed. Call around to see if any tire shops have wheel balancers
that work with the tire on the car. It's rare - but some shops still
have them. Other than that - I've only ever seen manual tire balancers
at Princess auto here in Canada for farm equipment tires. I've heard
they're fairly accurate - never tried them though.
- You'll get significant performance gains by going to the 86+ 505 XN6
manifold. Does away with all the pollution crap on the exhaust
manifold, and is a nice dual outlet design. Can't remember if you'll
need to replace the studs to make them shorter or not - don't think
so...
Not sure of regulations in CA - so hopefully getting rid of some of the
troublesome stuff isn't illegal. Is it OK on such old cars?
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