Reminds me of the time I spent over an hour of crawl traffic when trying to
get out of Munich center once. After an hour of crawl, the Healey started
to skip a little. Once on the autobaun and after a few fast miles, she
cleared right up.
tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Fred Wescoe <fredwescoe@earthlink.net>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 4/26/05 4:54:07 PM
> Subject: She really does have legs
>
> James, Tracy, Listers
>
> A few years back, I lived in New Jersey for 20+ years. My BJ7 had to pass
> state inspection, including emissions (1963 emission standards). I would
drive
> to the inspection station and wait in the long lines, no matter what day
or
> time. The car always failed the emissions, fouled plugs.
>
> I would then take the car out on the expressway and run it at high speed
(65 -
> 70 MPH, 3500++ RPM) with and without the overdrive, for perhaps 30
minutes. I
> exited the expressway near the inspection center, coasted as much as
possible
> and returned to the finished end of the inspection lane. You can return
to the
> finish end of the line for small things like emissions, horns, lights etc,
> without going through the whole process again. The car would always pass
> emissions after the highspeed run. I used to call it a "British Tuneup".
The
> Italians call it an "Italian Tuneup".
>
> The car is really quite happy when run at high speed. The run burns off
any
> built up carbon in the entire intake and combustion system. Besides the
fun of
> the high speed run, the car runs much better at all speeds.
>
> Have fun with your car at any speed you are comfortable with but by all
means
> be safe. You must know and trust your abilities and skills, the road
> conditions and certainly the condition of your car.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Fred
>
> 63 BJ7
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