(apparently the distributor points
>were not adjusted in the least and were closed throughout the
rotation)
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Well, they closed up after you drove it a little causing the motor
to die.
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>Fixed that and the Bricklin Jumped to life. It laid patches ran
hard
>ran smooth ran fast.
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Amazing what a little adjustment can do, and a few hot rod parts
would help even more.
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It made the 30 mile trip without a hitch except
>for the toll booth were the window had to be rolled down (oops
forgot a
>window crank) Cruised through downtown homewood and tried to
impress
>chicks (with moderate sucess). Now my friend is in love with
Bricklins
>and wants to sell his Chevy Nova (faster than my brick) just to
have
>gullwing doors and gears for cruisin(top speed).
>
>Just thought you all might like to hear some good news from #466
after
>all the anguish I appeared to be wailing through
>
>Scott #466
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Congradulations!
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>
>P.S. Is it just me or is the 40MPH-100MPH range for the Bricklin
just
>awesome. I drove my buddies 1/4 mile monster Nova and the thing
would
>just eat the Bricklin off the line, but I have not felt such
powerful
>pull at 40 MPH or even 70MPH before. And my mom AND my best friend
have
>stingray corvettes.
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You say your performance car experiences are somewhat limited? :^))
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I've owned mustangs. I ridden in Novas etc. Do
>we have awesome cars or what? I'm not sure what can of worms I
>amopening up here, but which bricklin is faster stock?
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Or what, I think. Some folks on the list say their '74's are faster.
I've never even seen a '74 in the flesh so I can't say. The road
tests/stats I have indicate they're pretty even with the '75 having
more top end. I think tuning has a lot to do with it. The '75 road
test lists top speed as 118, but I got stopped outside Decatur,
Ala. for alledgely going 138.
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What's the
>fastest modified bricklin?
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One of the members has a bracket racer, I think. Terry T. was
working on a twin engined 'tractor pull' Bricklin and a blown and
injected street machine awhile back.
GM
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