[DeTomaso] Fans of the newcomer

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Yea, good advise on trying another carb.

I had a problem once everyone (but Russ fulps) was certain was timing and/or a worn dist gear problem....it wasn't either. 

It was a power valve. I lost a dist. sheer pin at Silver State about 3-4 years ago at WOT. Engine backfired once and the engine shut down and I coasted to a stop thinking I had just grenaded the engine.

 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
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From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: asajay at asajay.com; LEVITT1946 at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 9:32:34 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fans of the newcomer

I'm convinced this is a simple distributor gear pin failure.   Until I hear 
that the timing is spot-on?

A corallary to this is damper failure (which I believed Jack mentioned), 
which causes the outer ring to shift, throwing off your timing marks.   So, you 
set the timing according to the marks, and in fact you've totally screwed up the 
engine timing and it runs, well, like yours does.

It should be a very simple matter to just borrow another carburetor and try 
it out--if the car runs flawlessly, then you have a carburetor problem.   If 
the symptoms are the same, then you have successfully eliminated the carburetor 
as the cause.

Mike


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