Jack,
Perhaps you could get your distributor recurved. Before that make sure your
springs and weights are all in there and attached and that the vacume advance
is working.
T
---- "Brashear wrote:
> Hi Michael and All, it's hair pulling time for me. Here's what I have
> right now: a newly rebuilt to stock BT7 Mk2 engine (29E) but using a
> BJ8 distributor with neg. ground Pertronix. Yes, I changed up the drive
> gear and got rid of the mechanical tach drive unit to install the 25D (I
> think) distributor. The car starts easily and runs very well at idle
> and low-ish rpm. However, when I try to accelerate, the car feels like
> it being pulled back by bungie straps...very lethargic and reluctant to
> move out. I've tried about every timing setting I can think of with not
> much change in performance. The dist rotor points approx. toward the
> front of the engine and the cap, wires and dist are in their normal
> positions. My question is...is the BJ8 dist a bad choice for the BT7
> Mk2 engine?? I feel the cam grinds are probably different...maybe the
> different dists make a bigger difference than I had imagined...?? I
> still have the original dist and apparatus...should I return to the
> stock distributor?? Somebody please help..!!
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net]
> On Behalf Of Michael Salter
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:34 AM
> To: Warthodson@aol.com; healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Ignition timing
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