I started a full restoration on my '72 850 spider in 2014, and stopped totally because of an inability to get the thing to run right. It frankly won't start without a great deal of cranking and it idles like crap.
Thus far, I've:
-replaced the points with a pertronix (this allowed the car to start)
-sent my carbs off for a full re-bore and rebuild, to include bushings, etc
-cap, plugs, wires, rotors replaced
-installed a high torque starter
The engine was rebuilt in '15 with a hotter cam, as was the distributor.
The fact that it wouldn't start at all with points, but barely starts with the pertronix, makes me wonder if timing is off. The engine rebuilder (the guru in Connecticut) set the timing for me before I picked up the car, so I have confidence it's more or less correct.
I'm tired of throwing $$ at it and I'd like to actually run the thing. I saw a video on youtube about a barn find 850 that started, idled and ran, and it occurred to me that mine should start that quickly too.
Any ideas?
Thus far, I've:
-replaced the points with a pertronix (this allowed the car to start)
-sent my carbs off for a full re-bore and rebuild, to include bushings, etc
-cap, plugs, wires, rotors replaced
-installed a high torque starter
The engine was rebuilt in '15 with a hotter cam, as was the distributor.
The fact that it wouldn't start at all with points, but barely starts with the pertronix, makes me wonder if timing is off. The engine rebuilder (the guru in Connecticut) set the timing for me before I picked up the car, so I have confidence it's more or less correct.
I'm tired of throwing $$ at it and I'd like to actually run the thing. I saw a video on youtube about a barn find 850 that started, idled and ran, and it occurred to me that mine should start that quickly too.
Any ideas?
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