[Healeys] Tuning for summer

[Alan Seigrist]

Rick -

Sounds to me like you need to replace the teflon bushes on your HD8
carbs.  Healey carbs get very hot and air gaps can form if your
throttle shafts or bushes are not up to snuff.  You'd be suprised at
the improvement.

Alan


On 6/5/11, Rick Huber <hubrick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Healey listers,
> I've been away for a few months, but have been enjoying driving my BJ8 since
> Dec. A question.  Now that it's heated up here in Baton Rouge to 100 the
> last few days, my engine seems to struggle to accelerate, like it's rich or
> "loaded up".  When I get to highway speed everything seems to smooth out.  I
> was thinking fuel lines were getting hot and I was getting partial
> evaporation, so I insulated the float bowls with no change.  Another theory
> is with very hot thin air in the engine compartment, my mixture setting is
> too rich.  I've heard of people adjusting mixture at high altitude, and it
> would be essentially the same for high temperature.
> Anybody adjust mixture for high temperature operation?
> Cheers,
> Rick
> 1964 BJ8
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