Re: Still Looking

[Angus Holliday <trstag@domain.elided>]

At 10:53 AM 4/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>Hi all again,
>
>
>One of the issues I am deliberating over is:  It does not run well at   
>all, although it idles quite smoothly.  It is as if it is not firing on   
>all cylinders, with the occasional backfire.  The car currently has a   
>Ford dual barrel carb, but I would receive the original SU's, also there   
>is only one set of points in the Dual point distributor.
The American carb is a problem..I've never seen one with one that ran  well
throughout the range...
though there is always a first.  Install a Lumenition and the proper
carbs..also check the distributor for
wear and advance,both vacuum and centrifical. New wires plugs,cap rotor etc
also.
>
>I don't mind having to deal with carb and ignition problems, but the idea   
>of perhaps having to have the engine torn down to investigate this   
>problem is my main concern.  (the engine has been rebuilt, and although   
>it was many years ago, the car has not been driven much and I don't   
>really know if it has really ever run correctly?)
Run a compression or leak-down test..If it has good even compression it will
run well if carb and ignition are working right.  (Vacuum leaks excepted;and
they are easily remedied)  
>
It sounds like a good candidate.

Walter Holliday
Stag Specialists
520 792 0294