[Healeys] Four cylinder woes

i erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 10 18:24:56 MDT 2019


Distributor advance or vaccum leak issues.

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 2:04 PM Steven Kingsbury via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> To start off, my car, an early BN1, #598 was burned up in the Paradise
> fire and I just bought another BN1 to replace it. The new car has been hot
> rodded up a bit. Cam, bigger carbs and different pistons so it has a way
> different compression ratio and has been in this configuration for over ten
> years I believe. Was told it runs like the wind and came from a reliable
> and trust worthy person. Well I'm having problems with the car. Up to 2500
> RPM, it runs great! When I can get it up to 3200 RPM it runs great again,
> it's the 2500 to 3200 range where I'm having problems.
>    It feels like it's starving for fuel, or it has too much fuel, it
> hesitates, feels like it's not running on all cylinders, and generally like
> a bucking bronco, but then at 3200 or so, she smooths right out and flies!
>    I was told the carbs were set up a little rich. I leaned them out one
> flat at a time and no difference until they got too lean and wouldn't run
> well at all. So I took them back to original setting positions.
>    I've checked all gaps, they're all right. Pulled plugs when getting
> home and they are all fine, a little brown and all even looking. New
> condenser, new coil, changed to new plugs, I have not checked the timing
> yet, but with the way it runs below 2500 and above 3000, it seems to be
> just fine.
>    I am getting the car up in the air Monday as I have new tires to
> replace the old ones and will do a static timing check at that time. My old
> four cylinder was a breeze to set up and ran smooth through all revs. What
> am I missing with an engine set up like an M? Why would things go south
> between 2500 and 3000 and run fine below and above?
>    All suggestions are welcome and I do have a new fuel pump on order, so
> fire away. I've been doing things one step at a time to not introduce new
> problems, but this is the only problem that is consistent.
>    Thanks,
> Steven Kingsbury
>
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