I had a similar problem, and I haven't solved it yet, though I suspect
it is the coil. Did it give you any improvement after tyou fixed the
loose connection?
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Isaac Crow wrote:
> List,
> A question on my '71 Spitfire..1300 engine
> This morning, the car ran great. Now, after a couple hours of cool down
> time, the engine does not want to rev above 3000 rpm. When the
> accelerator is floored, it stays at this RPM, with a little bit of
> skipping. I checked the throttle linkage and it is ok, and tried reving
> the engine from the linkage itself, but there was no difference. It
> runs just fine, very smoothly at idle and up to 3000 rpm. Anyone have
> any ideas on what I could check? I did find a bad connection on the
> coil, but changing it had no effect on the performance.
>
> --
> Isaac Crow
>
>
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