[Healeys] BJ8 has two personalities

[Bob Spidell]

My guess would be shorting and/or crossfiring on the distributor cap and/or the plug leads. These can look fine but not be fine. 

Have you tried the 'dark' test? Run the engine in a dark garage--with plenty of ventilation--and look for spark arcing as you rev the engine. 

Bob 


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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hill" <go2ghill at aol.com> 
To: Healeys at autox.team.net 
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:25:22 PM 
Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 has two personalities 

My BJ8 has two personalities. It performs great up to 2500 rpm (approx) and 
will barely runs above that. My wife says no problem, just keep the rpm down 
and you're fine. I've looked in the archives for answers. Most suggests are 
for tuning-up the distributor and carburetor, or review recent changes. I've 
not changed any parts, I've been through the distributor and carburetors. Both 
are clean, adjusted and appear to be working fine. The timing is set and gas 
is getting to the carbs. Even if they were not perfect, I would not be getting 
a sudden lack of performance as I go to the higher rpm. 
I'm looking for suggestions of what else I should do, or maybe just take my 
wife's advice? 

Greg Hill 
BJ8 
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