Won't rev above 3K - running short of ideas

[WarrenZ]

Well done madkaw, persistence finally pays off.

That's 2 sweetly running Z's. I wonder how Xray is doing?

WarrenZ

[xray]

...oops--thought I had updated. I think it may be in another thread.

Running much better now. I had the Pertronix coil running through a ballast resistor thinking it was required. Turns out the coil had an internal resistance of 3A which precluded the use of the BR, and when I jumped it the car ran much better. I fixed that and reworked a slightly sticky choke mechanism and that improved it a little more. After all the fouling and cleaning it's due for a new set of plugs, which I anticipate will let it run even better.

Glad everyone's getting their cars running well!

Hopefully folks will see this thread when searching for info on cars that "stumble, won't rev" or other similar type symptoms. I think there's a good deal of useful troubleshooting info in this thread...

Steve