Glen,
Well since were starting true confessions. Here's a good one.
The first time I was installing an engine in a Sprite, I couldn't get it in
gear, at which point my buddy Peter looked at me and asked: "Why way did you
install the clutch?" to which I responded: "What do you mean?"
The expression on his face was priceless.
Name withheld on request.
Glen wrote:
> I'm so glad no one on this list actually knows me, so none
> of you can kid me forever about what I'll now admit.
> In the final hours before starting the engine on my newly
> restored bugeye, I misread the Clymer book and hooked up the
> spark plug wires wrong. The wires for #2 and #3 were reversed.
> For the last week I had worried over the crappy mileage, the inability
> to get over 55 mph, and the pitiful pickup off the line which
> I ascribed to turbo lag. Last night I pulled #2 plug to check on
> the mixture setting. I had only been checking #1, which looked normal.
> #2 looked too new, and so did #3, #4 looked normal like #1,
> something was clearly wrong.
> Back to the book, I quickly discovered my error. Reversing the two
> wires I headed out late last night to check it out. WOW!!!!!
>
> Zero to 60 in a blink, tire smoking power off the line, 6500rpm and
> sounds ready to give much more. I'm going to need a headrest or a
> stronger neck to deal with the acceleration. I can now give a very
> strong recommendation to the Rayjay turbo installation. It now reminds
> me of the DPO's Sunbeam Tiger, same power, better handling. All that
> and the mileage is way up too. What seemed like an overdone race cam
> now seems like the perfect accessory for this beast. Now the trick will
> be to mellow out and keep the hormones under control, but heaven
> help the next LBC I see on the freeway.
>
> Moral of the story, electrical hookups are best done earlier in the
> evening before the beer kicks in and the brain checks out.
>
> Regards, Glen Byrns
> '59 Sprite/rocket
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