Thanks for all the responses, I've been trying your suggestion Greg and
increasing the choke as I pull away, it does feel as if it is helping.
Can I reiterate Greg's last remark, "Is this normal ?", I never used to
have to do this, it is a new development with the car. Has something gone
wrong or is my setup incorrect?
Thanks again,
David
'77 Spitfire 1500 (UK)
>> My Spit starts fine from cold in the mornings, just a little choke
needed
>> but for
>> the first couple of miles of running I have the problem that whenever I
put
>> my
>> foot down to accelerate from idling (e.g. when pulling out of
junctions) I
>> get
>> nothing and can only slowly move off, then in a couple of seconds the
>> _power_
>> kicks in and everything is okay again. Once the car has warmed up a
little
>> everything seems fine. This can obviously be quite worrying when you
are
>> pulling out across a busy road with cars coming at you from all
directions.
>>
>
>I have the same behavior with my federal 78 with a retrofitted manual
choke.
>It
>requires less choke for starting and cruising, but full choke for pulling
>.from low
>revs when cold. I just assumed that this was normal and have learned to
give
>the choke a quick tug to squirt across busy intersections until the engine
>warms
>up.
>
>Is this normal? What is the list consensus? TIA!
>
>Greg
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