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Re: TR6 stalls when bliping the throttle

To: "Scott W. Paisley" <scotty@csn.net>, triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: TR6 stalls when bliping the throttle
From: "Doug Mitchell" <dmitchel@ford.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 08:07:46 -0400 "TR6 stalls when bliping the throttle" (Jun 6, 9:46pm)
References: <31B7A614.563B@csn.net>
On Jun 6,  9:46pm, Scott W. Paisley wrote:
> Subject: TR6 stalls when bliping the throttle
> Ok, I give up.  I have got the weirdest problem.  When I come to a
> stop and hit the throttle, the car dies.  If I tap the throttle
> a couple of times quickly, it coughs (just a tiny bit) and then it's
> fine to accelerate.  This will not happen if I leave the choke just
> a bit out.  (So that the idle is a bit fast as it's on the cams.)
>
> I suspect one of two things...  (humm.  I won't say what I think
> cause it'll cause *you* to think differently.  And the whole point
> of this is to break *my* paradigm :-)
>
> Ideas?  Comments?  Pints for sale? Pints for free?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Scotty
>  '75 TR6 (with the stalling problem)
>  '70 TR6 (currently not running, thus no stalling problem)
>-- End of excerpt from Scott W. Paisley


Maybe it has a small chest cold? Take it to see the doctor.

Sorry, I am just back to work after a looooooong weekend at the Detroit
IndyCar boat race, I mean car race.

Doug Mitchell
SCCA Flagger, turn 7 captain, Detroit GP.



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