Kurt,
sorry to hear you have been having problems, it could sound like you
have a wrong cam in there.
Eric Funk gave some good advice in checking the basics first.
take the plugs out and put you finger over the plug hole of the front
cylinder. Turn the engine over until you feel air pushed out of the plug
hole. When it gets to top dead centre on the crankshaft pulley, remove
the distributor cap and look which lead the rotor arm is pointing to.
That is #1 cylinders plug lead slot. Work around anti-clockwise (boy
will I be embarrassed if I get that wrong) with the firing order
1-3-4-2. Its worth half an hour just to make sure.
If you have fitted a Holbay head, did you fit the flat top pistons or
make another adjustment for the extra cc's of combustion space in the
head ? I'm not being smart, Just wondered if low compression might be
adding to your problems ?
best regards
Jeff
In message <000f01bea943$d9153020$2200a8c0(at)kurtdell>, Kurt Eckert
<keckert(at)terascape.com> writes
>Hi All,
>
>Well after spending an entire weekend trying to get my Alpine started for
>the first time I decided to punt. I had it put on a flatbed and brought to a
>local shop with a good reputation for knowing British cars. I hated doing
>this but I am on the road for my job almost continuously and I have reached
>the point where I JUST WANT TO DRIVE THE DAMNED THING! That was two weeks
>ago. I finally heard back from them today. Great news...I have the wrong
>cam. It will fire on 1 and 4 and blows out through the carbs on 2 and 3.
>Even better news...That will be $500.00 please. Now I am out the $500, my
>car still won't run and I have to find the correct cam. Oh yeah I forgot,
>they fried my Pertronics ignition system when they tried to hook up the
>"rest of my electronic ignition system". They thought the Pertronics needed
>a controller so they tried to connect a unit out of another car to my
>Pertronics so I am back to points and condenser.
>
>So here's the deal, it's a Series III with a Series V Holbay head. Did they
>change the valve order between the III and the V or did Schneider screw up
>grinding the cam? If they changed the valve order am I going to be OK if I
>put a Series V cam in or do I have to bag the Holbay head and sink even more
>money into rebuilding me S III head.
>
>The other option of course is to sell the whole pile of crap in the garage
>and buy the BMW M3 that I have been drooling over. :)
>
>Thanks,
>Kurt
>
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-- Jeff Howarth
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