as the power drains, your lbc does start to sputter and slow, ea?
i thought mine was doing that as well, but i was not sure...did the
problem stop once you shut down some of the electronics?...or did
you need them to get home.....richard / colorado 79' spit
http://www.richard.bonilla.com/spitfire.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: <Growe58@aol.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Floyd 'n' me - no technical content
>
> Spitfires and Hurricanes - together again!
>
> Depending on what you're used to, the remnants of Hurricane Floyd either
> slammed into or sashayed into the greater Philadelphia area today,
flooding
> streets (and basements, d'oh!), knocking out power and closing schools and
> businesses. Although my spit spends it's nights in a nice dry garage, I
was
> concerned about parking it all day in the open at work, knowing how the
> top leaks. I mean, we already have one "pool car" at work.
>
> So, last night I went to the hardware store and bought a couple of feet of
> velcro
> and velcro-ed the top to the frame and to the side windows in several
places.
> I
> also placed a high tech water barrier on the seat, e.g. a plastic trash
> bag. It worked! After seven hours parked in driving rain, the inside was
> reasonably dry.
>
> The drive home through the heavy wind, rain and flooding was not so
> successful.
> For some reason, my idle speed dropped to 400-500 RPMs, on the constant
> edge of a stall. So I had to clutch AND brake with my left foot and stay
on
> the gas with my right through the frequent traffic backups and fitful
> start/stops.
> And the low idle speed meant that the alternator couldn't handle the
> defroster,
> (AND the headlights AND the brake lights AND the wipers) unless I was
moving
> at speed, so the windows kept fogging up. And when I did run the
defroster,
> it turned the interior into a sauna.
>
> For the last 20 minutes of the drive, the engine began missing and
sputtering
> for no apparent reason - not that I was going to get out and look. It did
> get me
> eventually home though, bless it's little 1500cc heart!
>
> So I gotta ask about the wet performance - what's up with that? Don't
they
> ever have rain in England? :)
>
> Greg Rowe
> 78 Misfire, I mean Spitfire
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