[Healeys] Burbling exhaust

[Earl Kagna]

Keith:

Sounds like your Healey is in just about perfect tune - don't mess with it, 
simply enjoy!

Earl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pennell at cox.net>
To: "Gary R. Brierton" <gbrierton at hotmail.com>; "Earl Kagna" <kags at shaw.ca>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Burbling exhaust


Earl and Gary,

Well the car passed your test Earl but failed Gary's.  It would pull in 4th 
just fine.  The only way I was able to get it to pull off from a start in 
4th was on a slight incline.

Keith

> When I bought my first BJ8, new from a dealer in the late 60's, I was told
> that in perfect tune, you could start the car, in 4th gear direct, no foot 
> on
> the clutch or accelerator and she would pull away from that dead stop with 
> no
> pressure on the accelerator.  I tried it once, and decided that my car was 
> not
> in perfect tune!
> GsryB
>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 21:42:06 -0700
> > From: kags at shaw.ca
> > To: pennell at cox.net; healeys at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Burbling exhaust
> >
> > Keith:
> >
> > Sounds like eveything is perfect - that's what a big Healey should sound
> > like when it's in good tune.  Of course, you just might have to drive it 
> > a
> > lot all summer to confirm  ----------!
> >
> > A wise old Healey mechanic once told me that if the engine is stock and
> > properly tuned, it will pull smoothly from 1000 RPM in 4th gear 
> > (overdrive
> > not engaged) on level ground with moderate throttle.  Carb mixture 
> > setting
> > is particularly critical with this test - it has to be perfect.  I've 
> > tried
> > it on my Healeys - it's a pretty good indicator of the state of the 
> > engine's
> > tune.
> >
> > If you try it, let us know how it goes.
> >
> > Earl Kagna
> > Victoria, B.C.
> > BT7 tri-carb
> > BJ8