No idea wat SO stands for, but I met an English girl over the weekend who
has experience putting a Rover V8 into a Triumph Herald. I'm trying to
decide wether to accept her invitation to fly to London for a visit or just
carry on working on the MG!
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: <Wake074@aol.com>
To: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 12:01 AM
Subject: Help Needed, suprise, suprise :-)
> A new problem, this one really bad. Buick 215, Edelbrock carb, RV8
headers,
> Holley Electric pump, etc. The car idles fine, and will drive around my
> neigborhood without any problems. As soon as I get on a main road and go
> through the gears, and try to cruise in 4th, the car just sputters a
couple
> of times and dies. I can usually drop into second pop the clutch, and get
> the car running again. I've checked the timing, and it is at 6 BTDC at
idle.
> This is a new problem the car was running great. The only recent
addition
> was the electric choke, but this is fully releasing when the car is warm.
> Any thoughts or suggestions. The car will restart and let me limp home as
> long as I drive very slowly. To me it is acting like it is running out of
> fuel at speed, does this make sense?
>
> On another note, tire rack came through on the wheels. Ordered Wednesday,
> came Friday morning, all balanced and mounted. They fit fine, with no
> interference problems. However the front tire rod ends are very very
close
> to the inside of the rim. Still very usable. The only problem with the
> rear, is the center cap won't fit on the alloys because the hub retaining
nut
> petrudes through the center of the wheel. Outside of that, they look
great,
> especially with the Firestone Firehawk tires. A great purchase for 520
> including shipping. The wheels were 14x6, with a 38 mm offset. I used
the
> original lugnuts.
>
> The new SO flew down from New York for a visit, and would like a ride this
> weekend. So far, I haven't come through. But on a positive note, she
> actually watched me time the engine and asked intelligent questions.
Maybe
> I'll have to keep this one :-)
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Glenn
>
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