HI NEW TO THIS, RUNING V8 3.9 IN MY KIT CAR ENGINE BUILT BY RPI ENGINERING IN NORTHFORK RUNING A WEBER 500 CARB AND A MALLORY DUAL POINT DISY, WITH ENGINE ALL SET UP ON TIMMING MARKS CAR RUNS SOUND LOW DOWN AND STARTS PERFECT BUT OPEN THROTLE OVER 3000 REVS IT STARTS SPLUTERING AND BACK FIRING BUT IF I ADVANCE THE DISY ABOUT AN INCH OFF TIMMING MARK THE CAR RUNS EVEN BETTER I GET TOP END POWER BACK STARTS OK WHEN WARM, BUT IN MORNING AT THIS SETTING CAR CRANKS OVER FOR AGES BEFORE START CAN ANY ONE HELP.THANKS.
v8 problem
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Which side of the weber is the advance pipe coming out of? from looking at the front - left or right.
Does the vacuum advance work? and have you spoken to Holly at RPI and asked his advice?
Richard
Oh, and please don't write in capitals as it is difficult to read and is considered shouting
Does the vacuum advance work? and have you spoken to Holly at RPI and asked his advice?
Richard
Oh, and please don't write in capitals as it is difficult to read and is considered shouting
) and welcome to the forum.Webers, whether from RPi or not, never come exactly jetted to your installation. Even the exhaust arrangement and what filtering you have on the intake will affect this, so RPi can't be expected to have got it right just because they built the engine. In my experience, and that of several others on here, the only way to set up a non standard engine is to get it rolling roaded by someone who knows what they are doing. You simply don't get enough information as to what is really going on in the engine without being able to run it under load and with all the additional sensor equipment a rolling road has access to. Should cost around the £300 mark by the time you're done, and you'll spend that in frustration and good ideas long before you get the engine to run half as well as they will. If you let us kn ow where you are we may be able to recommend suitable establishments.
Chris
Chris