JimMW
autoxer
Hello All!
My father and I picked up an x1/9 over the winter and I’ve been lurking on this site for the past couple months gathering info while we work on it. I finally decided to make an account and introduce myself.
The car is a carbureted 1980 x1/9. We bought it to use as an autocross toy during the summer. My dad saw one at an event last year and fell in love, he came across ours over the winter and we decided to go halves on everything. We don’t expect to be overly competitive (we both only have one season of experience) and we’re just going to run it stock for a bit until the car is all sorted. We’d like to put antique tags on it too, to get a little more use (fun) out of it.
The car has some rust in the [from what I’ve seen] normal areas, but otherwise only two minor dents. So far we’ve replaced a number of standard tune-up items and are working at getting it running smoothly. We’re both fairly capable with mechanical work - him much more so than I - but we’re also new to the car so we’re learning as we go.
There is a challenge we’re dealing with that I was hoping someone might be able offer some advice on. I’ll continue to dig around online and am sure I’ll find more info on here, but if anything jumps to mind please feel free to chime in. If not, I won’t be offended!
When accelerating the car sputters and has moments of engine hesitation with gaps of power loss. My dad thinks it’s a gas starvation issue and I thought it was vacuum, but after some tinkering and replacing filters and hoses the problem persists. I’m hoping it’s just a tuning issue, but we’re still learning our way. Also, incase it matters, the carb was supposedly recently rebuilt. Could anyone offer any ideas on what you’d look for?
Otherwise we might need a new radiator (or a recore done), the rear suspension has an insane amount of camber, and the car requires a few key turns when starting that yield only clicks before it’ll start turning over. I haven’t looked at the suspension yet, but I’m guessing some components are worn out or the adjustment has been toyed with. We’re thinking the clicking is the starter or electrical, either we should be able to track down. Anything else needed is more minor in nature.
This is all I have for pictures for now since we’re still working on it and haven’t cleaned it up yet. Maybe I’ll add another post in a few weeks after the first AX with some better pics.
Okay, thanks for reading and I’ll look forward to being a part of this site. If anyone can offer any suggestions on the issue above I’d appreciate it, but I’m sure we’ll eventually find what’s causing it.
I also want to pay you a compliment: I’ve visited many forums for many different types of cars and this group is hands down the friendliest and most helpful I’ve seen. Everyone here truly seems conscientious and reasonable in how they treat others.
Best Regards,
Jim
My father and I picked up an x1/9 over the winter and I’ve been lurking on this site for the past couple months gathering info while we work on it. I finally decided to make an account and introduce myself.
The car is a carbureted 1980 x1/9. We bought it to use as an autocross toy during the summer. My dad saw one at an event last year and fell in love, he came across ours over the winter and we decided to go halves on everything. We don’t expect to be overly competitive (we both only have one season of experience) and we’re just going to run it stock for a bit until the car is all sorted. We’d like to put antique tags on it too, to get a little more use (fun) out of it.
The car has some rust in the [from what I’ve seen] normal areas, but otherwise only two minor dents. So far we’ve replaced a number of standard tune-up items and are working at getting it running smoothly. We’re both fairly capable with mechanical work - him much more so than I - but we’re also new to the car so we’re learning as we go.
There is a challenge we’re dealing with that I was hoping someone might be able offer some advice on. I’ll continue to dig around online and am sure I’ll find more info on here, but if anything jumps to mind please feel free to chime in. If not, I won’t be offended!
When accelerating the car sputters and has moments of engine hesitation with gaps of power loss. My dad thinks it’s a gas starvation issue and I thought it was vacuum, but after some tinkering and replacing filters and hoses the problem persists. I’m hoping it’s just a tuning issue, but we’re still learning our way. Also, incase it matters, the carb was supposedly recently rebuilt. Could anyone offer any ideas on what you’d look for?
Otherwise we might need a new radiator (or a recore done), the rear suspension has an insane amount of camber, and the car requires a few key turns when starting that yield only clicks before it’ll start turning over. I haven’t looked at the suspension yet, but I’m guessing some components are worn out or the adjustment has been toyed with. We’re thinking the clicking is the starter or electrical, either we should be able to track down. Anything else needed is more minor in nature.
This is all I have for pictures for now since we’re still working on it and haven’t cleaned it up yet. Maybe I’ll add another post in a few weeks after the first AX with some better pics.
Okay, thanks for reading and I’ll look forward to being a part of this site. If anyone can offer any suggestions on the issue above I’d appreciate it, but I’m sure we’ll eventually find what’s causing it.
I also want to pay you a compliment: I’ve visited many forums for many different types of cars and this group is hands down the friendliest and most helpful I’ve seen. Everyone here truly seems conscientious and reasonable in how they treat others.
Best Regards,
Jim
