[Healeys] Power

[Chris Dimmock]

Hi Bob,
Check your fuel delivery volume. I.e. How much fuel your pump delivers  
per minute. I had the same issue with a Sprite once. Turned out to be  
a weak fuel pump.....
http://www.myaustinhealey.com/austin_healey_technical_articles.html
Best.
Chris

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On 16/06/2011, at 3:00 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> I noticed on my most recent long road trip that my BJ8 seemed to be  
> running out of HP and/or torque on long uphill grades. I seem to get  
> to about 4K RPM then the engine won't rev any more (yes, I downshift  
> as required--it just seems the engine should be able to rev a bit  
> more to go with the low-end torque). The engine is mostly stock-- 
> except for aftermarket air and oil filters and Pertronix ignition-- 
> and has about 80K miles on a rebuild. Cylinders were bored 0.030"  
> over from an earlier rebuild. The cam is the mildest of 5 grinds  
> offered by Crower; slightly lopey at idle but generally smooth and  
> responsive (about 252deg overlap at 0.050"). I have a Lempert 3.54  
> rearend installed, which of course has a significant impact. The  
> exhaust is made of Ansa pipes with newer glasspacks stitched in--I  
> believe it flows reasonably well.
>
>
> Bob