Hi Bob,
Check your fuel delivery volume. I.e. How much fuel your pump delivers
per minute. I had the same issue with a Sprite once. Turned out to be
a weak fuel pump.....
http://www.myaustinhealey.com/austin_healey_technical_articles.html
Best.
Chris
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On 16/06/2011, at 3:00 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
> I noticed on my most recent long road trip that my BJ8 seemed to be
> running out of HP and/or torque on long uphill grades. I seem to get
> to about 4K RPM then the engine won't rev any more (yes, I downshift
> as required--it just seems the engine should be able to rev a bit
> more to go with the low-end torque). The engine is mostly stock--
> except for aftermarket air and oil filters and Pertronix ignition--
> and has about 80K miles on a rebuild. Cylinders were bored 0.030"
> over from an earlier rebuild. The cam is the mildest of 5 grinds
> offered by Crower; slightly lopey at idle but generally smooth and
> responsive (about 252deg overlap at 0.050"). I have a Lempert 3.54
> rearend installed, which of course has a significant impact. The
> exhaust is made of Ansa pipes with newer glasspacks stitched in--I
> believe it flows reasonably well.
>
>
> Bob
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