[Fot] Stalling left turns

[Chuck WATSON]

Also, if you are running Strombergs you might want to check your float
mechanisms to make sure full motion is in place to completely fill the bowls.

Thanks,

Chuck Watson









> From: spitlist at cox.net
> To: my71spit13 at yahoo.com; FOT at autox.team.net
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 12:09:31 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Stalling left turns
>
> Sounds like a fuel tank issue. If you have the fuel pickup in the side of
> the tank rather than the bottom or rear, it could indeed be starving for
> fuel when the direction of the turn is throwing the fuel away from the
> outlet.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Shawn Frank
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:02 PM
> To: Friends of Triumph
> Subject: [Fot] Stalling left turns
>
> I have yet to get out to an autocross event here in Iowa, due to snow and
> schedules, but have been able to get my 71 Spitfire out on the street. For
> the
> first drive of the season, I thought I would drive it like I stole it for a
> few minutes. While tearing the side tread off my cheap shop roller tires, I
> took a left turn and the whole thing stalled out, regaining idle once the
> back
> end stopped turning. It did this a few times at the end of the season last
> year, so the seasonal rest is not the culprit. I have tried to replicate it
> with abrupt right turns, but it does just fine. It does it about every time
> turning left. It seems to do it once it is warmed up. It is still carb,
> points, mechanical fuel pump, everything stock but rebuilt. Any ideas on
> what
> may be the problem? I can go around corners at normal speed and there is no
> indications of a sputter or stall. Her name is Gertrude, and she runs
smooth
> and true until she wants to get tail happy turning
> left, but like I said regains power once settled down. Help if possible!
> Thank you in advance!!!
>
> Shawn Frank
> Continued Legacy
> Drive Away Cancer Iowa
> 515-339-4228
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