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- Subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire idle problem
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 22:11:14 GMT
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- SD Bateson (u1a70@keele.ac.uk) wrote:
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- : Hi everyone -
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- : Over the past few months I've been sorting out various problems with the
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- : latest old clunker that I saved from the scrapyard. The car is a Triumph
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- : Spitfire MKIII, but has been converted to rally spec, then allowed to
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- : degenerate somewhat. I've given the engine a tune-up, and after sorting
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- : out various elusive gremlins, got her running smooth, except for the
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- : idle.
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- : The engine is a 1300, probably running a stock cam etc, but
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- : with HS4 carburettors (From 1500 MKV Spit) and a Triumphtune 4-2-1
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- : manifold leading to a 2" straight through exhaust and silencer.
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- : Although it idles ok at first (at about 850-950 rpm), after about
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- : ten seconds the idle starts to fall, and the engine stalls, unless I
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- : rev it a bit. After another ten seconds of idling, the same happens.
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- : I'd really appreciate any help on this, as it's driving me mad,
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- : and continuosly blipping the throttle at traffic lights is making
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- : me a target for boy racers and their traffic lights grand prix....
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- : Thanks
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- : Simon Bateson
- : Keele University
- : England
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- My suggestion to you is to put a 289 in it. After all it's a triumph!
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