Re: [Amc-list] backfire and lack of power

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Have you :played" with the timing?
If it's set by light to spec, Have you checked for a slipped damper ring?

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> anybody have an idea of what my problem could be? 
> 65 classi with 287/auto
> when i put it in gear (any gear) i have very little
> power. can barely pull up my driveway. will only get
> to about 1500 rpm or so, and falls flat on its face.
> sometimes it will backfire and die. i have fooled with
> the timing advanced and retarded. carb was rebuilt
> also. burns REALLY rich. im thinking the carb is bad.
> not sure tho. 
> also, when i put it in gear, give it throttle, rpms go
> up, feels like it wants to pull a little bit, get it
> up higher, and it feels like it is "jerking" into
> gear. on flatter ground it will go. havent had it up
> above about 25-30 mph however. once it is going, it
> feels like it shifts ok. 
> 
> would love to drop in a 327 4v 4 speed. i want to make
> this car eventually into a 60's super stock replica. i
> have a t89/od if anyone wants to trade. ;-)
> 
> dave stohler
> http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
> 
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