Re: Powerless!

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>Can someone explain to me, why my car don't have any power after 3000rpm? I
>just replaced the head with a rebuilt one and there are some major oil leaks
>coming somewhere from the head.
>
>The motor is an 8V JH which has good compression in all four cylinders:
>160, 160, 170 and 170.
>
>It's idling at about 1200rpm, and the fuel mixture is set at 45%.
>
>The motor prior to the swap ran fine.  It pulled awesome.  Any ideas?
>
>TIA
>
>Sal

Cam gear is probably advanced a tooth or two, which equals 8 degrees apiece.
Either that, or your valves aren't seating at 'high' rpms...which would
be rather odd.  Without seeing it, this is a best guess...

==Brett

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