so after 4 years working at atco raceway i finally got my camaro down there to race and had a problem with my batter being screwed when i got there just went dead and needed a jump whenever i turned it off so i didnt turn the car off all night (5pm until 11 pm) but im getting another battery today the major thing im worried about right now is i got rather large intake of air whenever i pinned the throttle i mean i know ive got vacuum lines messed up(or not there at all) but this sounded like the back of my carb idk if its as bad as it sounded since i havnt ran it since last friday but what exactly would that hurt? and i apoligise for my horrible grammar but =P thank you in advance for any help i get

 

oops lol how can i move this to general engine tech instead of engine swap

 

Ask...

 

thankyou and im taking it to work tonight and ill try to have some "pros" look at it

 

Don't think it'll hurt anything to have a vacuum leak, even a big one, as long as no trash got sucked into the cylinders that couldn't get burnt up. But your car will run like hell until you get all the vacuum lines fixed! You might not have any brakes if the vacuum lines are messed up!

Why would you even consider running the car with so many vacuum leaks?
Why be in such a hurry to run the car that you take a chance on screwing it up?

You need a serious lesson in patience! Half-a$$ed effort yields half-a$$ed results!

 

would a vacuum problem make my 89 firebird make a ticking sort of noise when it isn't running or is running, or even has the key on, i only ask because when the headlights come up or down (usually with trouble and a few tries) that it makes such a noise

 

Vacuum issues only exist when car is running, and headlights in these cars are electrical not vacuum.

 

thanks for the info, and making me feel stupid lol, any ideas on what would cause the ticking noise?

 

ive owned this thing for close to 5 years sorreh for my lack of patience it ran good in the 60' (for a 305) and then horrible after that but yeah really its a lack of know how and a lack of money here =/ i seriously need to pull my engine completely apart and look over everything with a fine tooth comb and sombody who knows their stuffes because the gas milage sucks the wiring is horrible and well after 150,000 miles and it coming to me with no interior (or brakes) and no a/c showing me its been raced i think i should have taken the engine out 5 years ago today i went to start it and it just seemed to blow a fuse or somthing im not sure but completely wasted my battery i got some smoke so i assume that going over everything is in need now or the best idea at least or just tow it to a junkyard and start over with my bosses body and chassis and a new engine n trans

 

my car makes a ticking noise when i turn the key to the on position but i think thats the car priming itself with fuel?

 

then again i will yield to the one who has been part of the forum since 02 and has over 7000 posts chances are he knows more then i do by a longshot and i found the problem my carb ate half of its gasket hopefully thats the only major leak