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Re: Midrange weirdness

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Subject: Re: Midrange weirdness
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:19:25 -0700
I forget -- do you have dual SUs? I might have a theory...

Larry Colen had this to say:

>My MGB has been exhibiting a weird symptom.  Once she warms up, if I'm 
>driving at midrange RPM (3,000 - 4,000) at light to mid throttle it will 
>start sounding as if it's not quite firing right. The exhaust note sounds 
>"flat". It also seems as if it might be down a bit on power.  However if
>I give it full throttle, it seems to come to life and after a moment will 
>sound and run just fine.
>
>Replacing my cap, rotor and wires seemed to help a little.  I also noticed
>that two of my intake valves were a little bit tight. I asked my local 
>parts pusher about the petronix and he says that they either work or they
>don't.
>
>Has anyone else had similar problems?
>
>-- 
>If you never make a mistake, you're doing something wrong.
>lrc@red4est.com                                      www.red4est.com/lrc
>


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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