My TR3A with SU's acted a lot like that when the carbs were too rich and I
let sit at idle too long, like a parade, or traffic jam. Replacing the
spark plugs would fix it. Another time I was having a similar problem,
(idle sort of ok, sound like an asmatic with pneumonia to 2500 RPM and then
take off like a bat out of hell) Problem turned out to be a wayward magnet
in the Petronics electronic ignition.
Just some thoughts,
Bob
>
> I've gotten it to run pretty well, but it still has a problem. Idle
> is okay, not superb, and no amount of fiddling seems to make much
> difference. At full-throttle it runs like an escaped pig at a pig
> roast, but at part-throttle (which mostly means cruising) it acts
> like it is too lean. I can feel it miss frequently, and the exhaust
> always smells like incomplete combustion. It also takes more time
> than I would expect before I can push the choke in. Now that the
> weather has gotten colder the problem seems worse. And it has always
> been a bit tough to launch, requiring rather more starting rpms than
> I would expect, especially when cold. (I'm beginning to wonder if
> the previous PPO also installed a non-stock cam. It sure had a non-
> stock, noisy muffler.)
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