73 1.7 will not go past 4000rpms in any gear. changed vacuum hosese, fuel lines, timing, dwell, dizzy,cht, fuel tank. solve this for me and all this and more are yours.

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IT'S a 1 . 7


sorry. no help....

AA

Maybe you have a /6 tach?

dang...gonna need some extra tall jack stands after all that.

does it idle ok? if so, measure intake vacuum. you should get atleast 14inch Hg. the idle air adj. screw should be nearly closed.

measure fuel pressure - should be around 28psi

good luck

Have you checked the rotor, could it be a rev limiter type to 4000rpm??
CCLIN400rpm

You didn't mention valves...

...great, I'm at work, depressed and hunger...thanks chef!

don,t think so engine flies up to red line in nuetral and car juswt has no power. but will look into it thanks. come to nyc and the bbq is yours. rich

thats the next step. was about to do that sat when a blew out a brake line playing mario andretti. if you are right i'll start cooking thanks rich

I would also check Craig's tip about the rotor...

if your valves are so out of adjustment that it wont go past 4k, it wont idle well. if your valves are excessively loose, that engines gotta be making hellaciuos racket. and if excessively tight and driven that way for a while, your valve train is likely bbq'd along with those ribs.

is this a djet or carbs?

check the trigger points.

Something else that could cause that is a warn cam and followers. How many miles on the bottom end?

Rich -


Not sure if you have checked out Paul Anders D-Jet troubleshooting/info pages...

http://members.rennlist.com/pbanders/

-pt

Q : What did you feed it ?

I wouldn't do much more than idle after a plate like that !

Good luck.

i hope, for your sake, it's a timing issue.

if it is a crapped out cam i know that sir andy had a good used 1.7 for sale for a respectable price.

Does the throttle open all the way?

Does it break up at 4000 RPM real badly?

Swap out the coil for a known good one and see if that might be it.

I don't know much about what a bad coil acts like but they're pretty cheap - maybe $30 or so.

Update on the car....
Rusted brake line has been replaced.
Master is leaking like a ... lets just say big puddle
Gas pedal to be welded/repaired to avoid sticking - Wow no brakes and sticking throttle that was
Fuel pump connection was not conected it was arcing at the pump.
More on that tomorrow not sure it will fix the 4000 rpm thing
It's gonna run nice real soon