Hi, Jim! In my experience, the Colortune and Unisyn do work and are easy
to use.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 "HEALEYUM"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Jim Rowan <jimrowan@uic.edu>
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Thanks you's and SU question
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 6:27 PM
>
> I just wanted to thank all those who attended the Sprite Rush and kept us
> no-goers up to date.
> The reports and pictures are great. Makes it hurt that much more that I
> couldn't go.
>
> Also, I would like to thank those who pointed me in the direction of
> Nosinger when I was looking for a
> tach cable. Nice people, prompt service, quality work and a reasonable
> price; traits all to rare these days.
>
> This list never lets me down unlike the viagra list. Which leads me into
my
> question err... rather situation.
>
> It goes as follows: the Sprite has been running very rich, guzzling gas,
> and spewing some black smoke on start-up/under hard acceleration. It runs
> fine but once warmed up idles very slow almost to the point of dying. I
> have no idea when the last time the carbs where synched and mixture/idle
> adjusted (purchased car 8/97). This will be the first time I fool with
the
> carbs. I have the factory manual, and a few other SU articles to help me
> along the way. A friend has volunteered the use of his color-tune kit and
> unisynch carb synchronizer. Do they work/are they worth the effort? My
> friend swears by them. I've read the instructions for both and it seems
> rather straight forward. Still I am leery.
> Any words of advice or encouragement for this SU-novice?
>
> TIA
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Rowan
> 60 Sprite (AN5 39645)
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