I know it was said before, but check for dirty fuel filter of carb screens
if fited
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at
gmail.com>wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 16/06/2011, at 3:00 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at 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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