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Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues

To: Bob Dicke <rtdengr@charter.net>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues
From: David Bentz <davidbentz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:51:10 -0500
Cc: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>, Richard Shepard <sales@rslaserkits.com>
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References: <e43f78b.1c23cc.13b48e62911.Webtop.47@charter.net> <1355113277.4946.YahooMailNeo@web162005.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1355115397.7139.YahooMailNeo@web140805.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <BLU0-SMTP395731AC3B24F344749BB44A6490@phx.gbl> <1355118341.68617.YahooMailNeo@web162006.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <00bb01cdd69a$816993a0$843cbae0$@charter.net>
What about the battery? Mine had little to no juice left in it and it ran
really rough then died. I charged it for the night and part of the day
until I got home from work and all was well again.

Dave

On Monday, December 10, 2012, Bob Dicke wrote:

> Do you get spark on any spark wire?
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Roy Haslett
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:46 PM
> To: Brian; Richard Shepard
> Cc: datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues
>
> New cap, rotor, condensor, points, recent silicone wires, 6 month old coil
> and plugs
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Brian <brogsme@msn.com>
> To:
> Richard Shepard <sales@rslaserkits.com>
> Cc: Roy Haslett
> <hrhaslett@yahoo.com>; Tim <tputland@charter.net>; datsun-roadsters:
> autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 9,
> 2012 9:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues
>
> Also check dist cap
> for arcing
>
> Brian
>
> On Dec 9, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Richard Shepard <sales@rslaserkits.com> wrote:
>
> > How old are the wires? Try staring it at
> night with no lights and check for
> > starks
> > rich
> >
> >
> >
> ________________________________
> > From: Roy Haslett
> > <hrhaslett@yahoo.com>
> >
> To: Tim <tputland@charter.net>; datsun-roadsters:
> > autox.team.net
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 9,
> > 2012 8:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 tuning issues
> >
> > 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<
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