The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
Ok thanks for the info.
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
I dont think so. Im guessing the inside of the pipe should be golden or tan, like the spark plugs I think these engines like to run all day. Short jaunts tend to "gum" them up.msampsel wrote:Should one expect a little black soot if the mixture is just right?
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
Suggestions for spark plugs for 1600 Stroker??
And gaps
And gaps
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
IDan'd go with the stock NGK 1600 plugs unless you have a big cam, large carbs or some other reason for something unusual.
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
B cam and EI dizzy.
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
gaps from the wikimraitch wrote:Suggestions for spark plugs for 1600 Stroker??
And gaps
http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.p ... rkPlugInfo
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
mraitch wrote:Suggestions for spark plugs for 1600 Stroker??
And gaps
I'm confused , did the 1600 also had a performance cam option? ( nothing I have read about roadsters hints to this ),mraitch wrote:B cam and EI dizzy.
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It's an Isky grind that KD sorted for me.
I'm SURE they must have had SOME specifications.
I'm SURE they must have had SOME specifications.
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
here is the specs on my 2 liter pushrod cam (racer brown from 74) FWIW:
Lift 0.475, duration 266 deg
And a link to others here
http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.p ... n.CamSpecs
Lift 0.475, duration 266 deg
And a link to others here
http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.p ... n.CamSpecs
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someone posted that you could get white 'racing circles' from Lowe's. Can't find the post and had no sucess at Lowe's last night.
Pls help
Thx
Pls help
Thx
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
Currently having problems with Eliza.
She will fun fine , then suddenly will start sputtering as if missing a cylinder, then run fine again. It is all intermittent.
New plugs, (though it did this with the old ones)
Damper oil ok
Any ideas??
She will fun fine , then suddenly will start sputtering as if missing a cylinder, then run fine again. It is all intermittent.
New plugs, (though it did this with the old ones)
Damper oil ok
Any ideas??
Peter Harrison
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
My car did this and it turned out to be a broken/breaking wire inside the distributor. Run fine, then flutter, then run fine and so on. I missed it the first time I took off the cap while sitting on the side of the road when it finally broke completely.mraitch wrote:Currently having problems with Eliza.
She will fun fine , then suddenly will start sputtering as if missing a cylinder, then run fine again. It is all intermittent.
New plugs, (though it did this with the old ones)
Damper oil ok
Any ideas??
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67 basket case, paint coming soon.
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Aha
Thx Curtis - will check - also putting in new coil - cos it seems to make a diff when I make hard turns.
Will update.
Thx Curtis - will check - also putting in new coil - cos it seems to make a diff when I make hard turns.
Will update.
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
Does it backfire through the carbs? If so, lean condition for some reason. However, it sounds more like spark to me. Usually an overly rich condition will have the engine be more sluggish than sputtering in my experience. You can check the plug color for a rich condition, but if you're missing it will show rich too since the fuel is not burning. A wide band A/F meter would let you know what is happening to some degree when it occurs, especially if it is leaning out (ain't that helpful!).
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Re: The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.
Peter, Fuel mixture? plugs look the same? Even burn? Fuel pressure?
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