It could have been a momentary interruption of the ignition, possibly
caused by a poor connection. It may not happen again
for years, or it may start doing it all the time tomorrow...
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 08:46 AM 1/23/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>My usual driving of my spit is generally short trips (4 miles) at relatively
>low speeds. I have a 1968 Spitfire Mk III with a Weber DGV carb. I know
>that the valves need to be adjusted on the car. I noticed a few days ago
>that the car ran-on for a few seconds after shutting it down. Well,
>yesterday I took the spit on a much longer trip (40 miles) on the freeway
>down to my parent's house. After getting up to speed on the freeway for a
>few miles, (I love the electric OD Trans I have), I was driving along and
>heard in quick succession two loud pops come from under the hood. I
>experienced a momentary drop in power while the pop's were happening. I
>looked in the rear view mirror and saw a big puff of black smoke come out.
>I continued on my drive and the car ran fine the rest of the way and had no
>problems on the way back.
>
>Was this caused by a too rich mixture? Could it have been some build-up on
>the plugs that fell off at speed and popped as it went out the tailpipe?
>What do you think?
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