Re: [Amc-list] Amc-list Digest, slow 82 Spirit

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, ksiroonian@xxxxxxx wrote:

>
> My 81 concord 4dr, 258-auto has the standard 2.53 axle and is very peppy. no issues at all with this.
> Maybe you have a clogged converter, EGR valve, vacuum line isues or issues with the carb stepper motor ,
> or some other issue. these? cars had plenty of power even in the base axles ration and i do not recall them being sluggish. the carbs were alwasy touchy though.? and those vacuum lines... UGH. A lazy knock sensor retarding timing too soon can be checked.


Yeah, I'm with you!

"Sluggish" is relative. My steep-axled AMCs have always been
pretty respectable performance-wise. Compared to a V8, or a
high-numerical ratio car, sure, they'd be low, but that's not
fair and it doesn't mean broken.

One nice effect, designed in, is that the torque curve apparent
to the seat of your pants is pretty much flat (as in constant)
from idle to highway. From the curb it just pulls smoothly up
to speed.

If the car is super-sluggish off the line, then picks up at RPM,
or vice versa, or flat-spots, then there's probably something
wrong.



Every single pre-1990's car I've ever looked at, mine or others,
any brand, has bad, rotten, cracked and leaking smog and fuel
hoses. They simply all have to be changed, gas tank to EGR,
every single one.
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