Are your valves properly adjusted? When you installed the cam gear , you
made sure it was at TDC on the Compession stroke, right/
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lucas <pllj@earthlink.net>
To: spitlist@gte.net <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, March 08, 1998 2:34 PM
Subject: Cam timming?
>
>I have a question for you. I started up my new engine for the first time
>last week. It started right up and idled ok for the first few seconds.
>After that it started to back fire out the carbs- but only a little bit.
>Even after timing with a strobe and re-adjusting my points the problem
>continued. Opening the throttle only seems to enhance the problem. Does
>this sound like a cam timing problem or have I overlooked somthing
>simple?
>
>Thanks in advance
>PL
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