8V questions , and stickers...

[ccarpen at earthlink.net (Cris Carpenter)]

One simple but deceptive item that came to mind as I read this is whether 
your cat is plugged. When I had a shop years ago, we had one rabbit that 
would start but not rev up, that eventually got worse to the point that it 
would fire and then die. We checked everything. It wasn't until we had a 
plug out one time while cranking the engine and it started to run and use 
the open plug hole as its exhaust that we knew what was going on. The cat 
element had crumbled and plugged the outlet end of itself. Otherwise the 
basics would include: cam timing, ignition timing and advance (vac and 
mechanical), fuel pressures (system pressure and control pressure), 
injector spray pattern, compression, intake boot leaks, coil output (which 
you can really only check by plugging in a known good coil), etc.

Good hunting,
Cris

At 02:28 AM 5/7/2005, you wrote:
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>Date: Fri,  6 May 2005 22:02:35 -0400
>From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>Subject: 8V questions , and stickers...
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Message-ID: <5140d6d23511ebbf725b268670ce42b1@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
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>Okay, I want to check out a few things on my 8V, which is a 10:1 1.8L 8V.
>Am I safe to use the specs for the 2H engine code in the
>Bentley?(specifically for spark plug gap/ compression)? It's a JH with
>different pistons (RD or something else, maybe it was 2H, I don't
>remember). The car's not accelerating properly, (reduced power, making a
>"soft razzberry" sort of sound, very regular, not erratic, when you put
>your foot into it).
>  Despite my best efforts, I'm back to checking the basics. Anything
>stupidly simple you can think of that I should be checking out? Most stuff
>is new or has been swapped with some improvements, but there's still
>somethng wrong (ignition and fuel components are nearly all new/swapped).
>I'll be taking it in for a gas analysis mixture setup Monday (it's CIS,
>with KS and electronic ignition), so anything I can check first would be a
>good thing.
>
>Oh, if you ordered stickers that aren't for Cincy delivery, get ahold of
>me. Supposedly they're done.
>
>
>Cathy