[Healeys] Loss of Power at High Speeds

[Bob Spidell]

Could (conceivably) be a blockage in the exhaust.


bs

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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell at comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dan Stromquist" <dan at warner-associates.com>
> Well we finally got my 64 BJ8 going but the shop is going nuts trying to
> figure out why it loses power at top speeds.  We have newly rebuild carbs by
> Jim Taylor,  newly rebuilt dist by Advanced Dist, new wires by myself,
> recently replaced fuel pump, new gas line from British car Specialists and
> newly cleaned and sealed gas tank by Tank Renew.  I made them put a fuel
> filter right before the carbs  but they did not put it until after they ran
> it a while.  They have supposedly cleaned the carbs out (I had Jim Taylor
> put in the grose jets for the floats during the rebuild).  Could be they
> didn't do a good job cleaning the carbs here.  They seem to think it is
> starved for fuel at top end.  Any ideas?
> 
>  
> 
> Dan