<VV> Testing High RPM Drop-Out

[Ron]

Another big reason to stick with the stock mechanical fuel pump!
RonH

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From: "LastHamlet" <lasthamlet at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:29 AM
Subject: <VV> Testing High RPM Drop-Out


>I may be of some help on this one. This sounds like
> the same situation I had. So, I need to ask if you
> also have an electric fuel pump installed?
> I was having the same thing, or maybe similar, as my
> car would not accelerate over 60 MPH or so, without
> cutting out.
> An excellent Corvair mechanic found the problem. My
> electric fuel pump was getting it's hot(+) feed from
> the hot(+) side of the coil. So, under a load(Hill) at
> above 60 MPH, she would cutout and carry on.(May be
> what you are going through)
> The new positive lead I ran to a wire at the fuse box
> under the dash, which is switched.(Off when key is
> off) (When running my new wire harness a while back I
> had the foresight to run three 10ga. wires along with
> it, from dash to engine... This has really paid off,,,
> for one the tach I got.)
> Anyhow, I then removed the Petronics Ignition wire
> from the (+) side of the coil, as it was not wired
> properly as well(Per the Corsa Comm. and Mr.Shrug's
> Article, last month) (Leave the negative side
> connected to the Petronics, cause that one is correct)
> Connect the positive side of the Petronics to the
> connecting harness(Near the battery side of the
> engine)
>
> If your problem was like mine, these two things will
> make it disappear like magic.
> Footnote: I spent thousands replacing parts, and yet
> it still happened. These two things would have saved
> me a ton of aggravation, and thousands. Let me know if
> this was the problem.
> All The Best Regards,
> Danny (Strange and Unusual) Barber
> 67 Vert (Also, strange and unusual)
>
>
> _____________________________________________________
> Any suggestions for how to test what is causing my 62
> Spyder to
> experience serious drop-out (ignition missing) above
> 3500 RPM.  The car runs
> great until then, but really can't pull past that due
> to the level of
> drop-out.  It is running a Pertronix ignitor with
> Flamethrower coil
> (resistor disconnected), new plugs & wires.  I just
> need to know any ways to
> pinpoint the weak link.
>
> Thanks in advance for any tips.
> Steve Brennan
> 1962 Spyder Coupe
>
>
>
>
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