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[cal844]

I'm overhauling my 1993 cross over car (last of the carb cars) it runs great and we didn't need a timing light or colour tune, just good ears and then when run we plug chop, then set the emissions according to the MOT requirements

[Wiggy]

1993 was well into the SPi era, wasn't it?

[cal844]

1993 was well into the SPi era, wasn't it?

Only coopers were spi at the point my car was built

[Wiggy]

Every day is a school day!

[Sussex_pete]

1993 was well into the SPi era, wasn't it?

This one is an Italian Job, so probably using up the old carb engines in a small production run that would be easy to sell.

[cal844]

1993 was well into the SPi era, wasn't it?

This one is an Italian Job, so probably using up the old carb engines in a small production run that would be easy to sell.

I have 2 engines, one from a 1993 IJ, the other a sprite, these engines used the HIF38 carb, the only difference is the cam iirc

[Sussex_pete]

 

 

1993 was well into the SPi era, wasn't it?

This one is an Italian Job, so probably using up the old carb engines in a small production run that would be easy to sell.

I have 2 engines, one from a 1993 IJ, the other a sprite, these engines used the HIF38 carb, the only difference is the cam iirc

 

And I think the cam differences are only down to the oil pump drive - star or slot.

[Sussex_pete]

Just thought I'd add another update. Got the engine running up to operating temperature and checked the mixture, using a colourtune. Needed adjustment to get nice blue colour after initial orange at idle. Then checked strobe timing. Found it was about 20 BTDC, so advanced it to 5 or 6 BTDC. Engine sounded much better, BUT now it will not idle. Engine speed comes down to 1000, then just dies, no matter what throttle input you give it. Also seeing a tendancy to spit back through the carb intake (air cleaner not currently fitted). About to repeat mixture check and timing check, but any other thoughts guys?