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1. RE: New Owner with Engine Questions (score: 1)
Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 07:44:58 -0500
Good general advice, but if his is a '76, it's not an A-series engine. Let's not start confusing Jarrod just yet. <grin> Chris Kotting ckotting@iwaynet.net
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00002.html (9,854 bytes)

2. Re: New Owner with Engine Questions (score: 1)
Author: "Guy" <Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:47:54 -0000
Congrats on the new car. The UK spec (ie without anti-smog) cars fitted with SUs were supposed to just top out at 100. Mine never would, on the flat, until I worked on the engine and fitted an o/d g
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00005.html (9,101 bytes)

3. New Owner with Engine Questions (score: 1)
Author: "Jarrod Harris" <mgjarrod@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:24:34 PST
Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I acquired a '76 Midget in very good condition. It runs good, but as being somewhat unfamiliar with the performance of these cars, I have a couple of questions. First, m
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00902.html (7,836 bytes)

4. Re: New Owner with Engine Questions (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:42:52 -0500
Congrats! You said "original carbS." Do you have the SUs on your 1500? The US versions have a single Zenith-Stromberg originally. The thing shouldn't be that sluggish or slow. When I was younger I ma
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00904.html (8,994 bytes)

5. Re: New Owner with Engine Questions (score: 1)
Author: "Daryl and Jennifer May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:28:29 -0800
The manual-choke A-series engines all respond sensitively to the choke when they are cold. A normal start is to open to full choke, and then quickly reduce to around half-choke when the engine catch
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00911.html (9,336 bytes)

6. Re: New Owner with Engine Questions (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 12:44:45 -0800
The choke mechanism does indeed (physically) open the throttle a little as well as dropping the jet to richen the mixture. Mike
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00913.html (10,204 bytes)


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