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Re: [Mgs] Acceleration problem

To: Pat Leask <pleask@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Acceleration problem
From: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:29:27 -0700
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:56:34PM -0700, Pat Leask wrote:
# My 1800cc motor runs flat at a specific spot when accelerating and I've run
# out of ideas.. HELP!
# The problem is when accelerating it goes fine until ONE SPECIFIC SPOT where
# it flattens out. Speed is maintained but no more acceleration, you can hear
# and feel it wanting more of something, like a high speed miss. There is a
# "Sweet spot" on the throttle where it will or will not do this, very
# definitive.

You may want to consider mounting a wideband O2 sensor and guage (I
assume that you;re running unleaded gas), to see what your mixture is
doing when this happens. If you see it going lean or rich, that'll
give you an idea of where to look.

-- 
                All your apex are belong to us.
Larry Colen             lrc@red4est.com            http://www.red4est.com/lrc
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