Thanks Robert! I'm going to focus on the throttle linkage first. It does
seem a little wobbly, and it's possible I'm losing a lot of travel in
rotation.
I've been tweaking my timing for the past month and I know my advance is
working correctly. Would it matter if I had my timing off? (I have it set a
8 BTDC at idle now and have had it from 4 ATDC to 10 BTDC).
I've performed a leak-down test about 2 months ago and all cylinders had
similar compression and held the compression pretty well.
I had my carburetors rebuilt by apple hydraulics and have only had to do
minor adjustments to the mixture.
Thanks for your help!
Adam
73 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 12:00 PM
To: Adam C Beasley
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Engine Rev
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Adam C Beasley wrote:
> I've noticed that when I'm accelerating my engine does not want to go much
> over 4,000 RPM. I don't feel like I'm losing power or anything, just that
> it doesn't want to rev any higher. Is this normal for this engine or
should
> I look into my throttle linkage and or air flow to the carbs?
Check everything.
Your motor should pull well over 5k before there's any noticible power
loss due things like carb jetting (e.g. needle profile).
Checking the carb linkage to the specs in teh Bentley manual is def. a
good place to start. I have seen these totally bodged before and the car
wouldn't go worth a damn.
Also check that your ingnition spark advance is working properly and make
sure that the spark is strong.
If you have access to a tester, do a leak-down test to make sure the motor
is internally healthy.
But a stock TR6 motor should pull a lot higher than 4k rpms!
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Adam
>
> 73 TR6
regards,
rml
various TR6's
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