O:K, this has been bugging me for a while, so I'm going to throw it out
to the list. With a gear not engaged - revving in the driveway - my
engine will sing up to 6K or so, and easily. However, with a load on
the engine things are substantially different. The engine will rev to
around 5K in first, maybe a touch higher, to only 5k in 2nd, and will
not reach 5k in third or fourth. The engine will start to sputter or
miss at upper rpm's.
The condition of the engine is varied. The carbs are newly rebuilt, the
plugs are clean, the timing is accurate, and I use a Petronix so this
should alleviate distributor issues. The engine itself has good
compression, but is showing it age, and the head is definitely in need
of a going through.
So, any idea what's going on here? It's not that I want to continually
rev the engine, but I'm just trying to understand where my problem is
originating.
Thanks,
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
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