A couple of weeks ago I was helping out at a car show (Moss Fallfest),
and while I was helping process people's entry paperwork, I got to
see, hear, and smell maybe 50 to 75 LBCs as they drove past me.
I was really surprised now many of these idled poorly and smelled
awful. And I doubt that many of them had the excuse of having a
full-race cam or carb setup. I think they just needed a tune-up
or carb or engine work.
My car is virtually odorless, except right after starting it up
in the morning and backing out of my driveway with the choke
on (right into my own exhaust). Then I can smell a bit of unburned
fuel.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 11:07 AM 9/17/01 , Rachel Dixon wrote:
>Is this a symptom of something worse, or just a characteristic of
>Spitfire's, as they are so close to other cars exhausts and with little
>insulation from the engine bay? Apart from the smell it runs like a dream,
>no spluttering, no problems in idle, no stalling/cutting out etc.
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