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Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues

To: linda <ljordan704@aim.com>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues
From: Roy Haslett <hrhaslett@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 21:47:14 -0800 (PST)
Cc: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
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References: <e43f78b.1c23cc.13b48e62911.Webtop.47@charter.net> <1355113277.4946.YahooMailNeo@web162005.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <C80BCEFC-5B75-4C58-A825-70E925D085E6@aim.com>
dizzy solid, wires silicone in good shape....wondering if beck arnley parts
are not good



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 From: linda
<ljordan704@aim.com>
To: Roy Haslett <hrhaslett@yahoo.com> 
Cc: Tim
<tputland@charter.net>; datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net> 
Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2012 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues
 
Plug wires on correct? Any
cracks in the wires? Blue spark from coil? Dizzy have any play in it? Might
want to convert to an EI, much better all around.

Linda

Sent from my iPod
On Dec 9, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Roy Haslett <hrhaslett@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sadly
I am still in tuning hell.  I have set the dwell to 52 degrees.  Checked
> all
connections that they are clean and tight.   When car ran it was rough but
> I
set the timing to 16 degrees  at 600 rpm and verified the vacuum advance was
>
operating correctly and no leaks when revving engine.  But, the car runs like
> shit..super rough with the engine shaking like hell.  Now, the car won't
even
> start??  Could I have some bad new iginition parts?  Could my 6 month
old
> Diamond coil have failed?  Previous to attempting this tune up the car
ran a
> little weird with some very slight backfire but it ran great on the
highway. 
> I don't think its a carb thing.  Valves were checked 3 times.  I
don't get it.
> Thanks
> Roy
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>
From: Tim
> <tputland@charter.net>
> To: datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net
>
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net> 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:22
PM
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues
> 
> I have (as usual)
nothing new to
> add. But, I will echo what others have said as well as Paul
below. And also
> add that my running issues got worse and worse on my tired
1600 as the exhaust
> leak at the manifold got worse.
> 
> Still waiting on my
machinist to finish the
> head on my stroker. One step forward, two steps
back.....sigh
> 
> tim
> 
> 
> On Wed,
> Nov 28, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Paul Kort
wrote:
> 
>> Even on the race R16s, spinning
> up to 8000 rpms, we never had a
timing
>> chain jump.
>> 
>>  back to basics,
> set the valve clearance, set
the ignition timing, then
>> work on the carbs.
>> 
>> Paul
>> Ohio
>> 
>> On
Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Pete Peters
> <ppeters914@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> According to Roy, the head was rebuilt
> at 5k; the motor at 20k (was the
>>> timing chain/gears replaced at that
> time?). Engine was running fine up
>>> until
>>> a few hundred miles ago, then
> slowly deteriorated.
>>> 
>>>
Wouldn't a timing chain jumping be instantly
> noticeable? And, while
>>>
possible, has anyone experienced a 1600 timing chain
> jumping? Isn't that
>>>
more likely in the OHC engines (U20, L-series)?
> My money is on something
more simple like floats and/or exhaust/vacuum
> leaks.
>>> 
>>> This has been
a fun thread. Eagerly awaiting the resolution!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Pete
>>
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