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Fw: Tech Question

To: "Spifires Autox Team" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: Tech Question
From: "BILL McDEVITT" <wmmk1@informatics.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:22:17 -0500
> OOPS!! Forgot one thing, this is a 1147 cc engine!!
Received several replies relating to trottle cable
problems, but this old girl has the direct iron rod and
arms controls!! Bill
>
> > > Received this question from a fellow Spitfire owner and
> > > since I never encountered this type problem I will need
> > > some professional advise!!! If you know how to correct
> > > this, please email me direct, so that I may forward your
> > > solution to him. Thanks.  Bill
> > >
> > > > I don't think you have been fully tested yet.  Let's see how good
you
> > are.
> > > > My car, after warmup, will idle at 1500 rpm.  Yeah, I know that's
> high,
> > > and
> > > > I'd like to get it consistently at around 1100-1200, but....
> > > > So I drive it around and it warms up more and I'm sitting at a light
> and
> > > > notice that now the idle is maybe between 800 and 1000 and it's a
> little
> > > > rough, not giving me a comfortable feel.   The light turns green, I
> go,
> > I
> > > > drive, I stop for another light and maybe it's back up to a 1500
idle
> > > again!
> > > >   It keeps yo-yoing like that and I can't figure out what the
problem
> > is.
> > > > The car has plenty of pep! So, do you need more info or do you know
> how
> > I
> > > can fix this?
> > > >
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