Peter, this whole saga would be great for the newsletter...whaddaya
think?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Macholdt [mailto:vze2846b@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:48 PM
To: 6pack list
Subject: Wind in my hair, finally!
Wow, I just got back from test driving the 250. It is like a new car.
The
power range is awesome and it seems much more comfortable (and powerful)
at
higher revs than it did before. I don't know if it is the GP2 cam, the
shaved head, the header or the matching of the ports, but whatever it
was,
it worked.
A couple of questions answered:
- the Rimmer Brothers SS header and single pipe exhaust is a bit of a
pain
to fit, but it is really nice. A nice rumble at idle and pretty quite
at
speed (don't need earplugs anymore)
- I left the vacuum retard connected. That way I could set the timing
to 10
BTDC (no retard) and still get a nice idle with the retard connected
(about
4 ATDC with retard). The car idles well at 800 RPM, which is a
surprise,
since I thought a hotter cam would make the idle rougher and necessitate
a
faster idle speed.
- Still need to put a timing light on the engine while I get it up to
3500
RPM. I don't know what kind of total advance I'm getting between the
centrifugal and vacuum advance. I'm guessing that I must be close to
the
recommended 30, based on the blast when I accelerate.
Anyway, thanks to all for the help. Someone asked me last night who I
get
advice from when I'm stuck. I told them that it is you guys.
Peter
'68 TR20 (zoom...zoom)
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