BigLee

Well not coil. New coil fitted no difference. Next change is new fuel pump as not delivering quantities as specified.

There seems to be a lot relating to EFi on the board at the mo, so I thought I would ask for some guidance from anyone who may be able to help me. Unfortunately (or fortunately - depend which way you look at it) I have an XR4i setup in an S7 which is how I bought it. Car had not been running for a long time (possibly up to 2 years) when bought recently and although I now have it running I cannot get the thing to accelerate under load. Timing has been set, and mixture "twiddled" with. With mixture set rich the car will run, idle and rev, but under load there are the flat spots from hell making it undriveable. Seemes to miss or run out of fuel giving just seconds of nothing and then will cough and bark into life. However I noticed today that the coil is leaking oil, so got one on order for tomorrow. Fuel seems to be getting through, although the fuel pump is very noisy, and I understand that pressures in these manual injection systems are very high. Any suggestions gratefully received. Could the coil be causing this? Anyone have any experience with the k-jetronic fuel distributor? Also anyone know anything about converting these 2.8 V6's to carbs. I presume an early Granada inlet manifold and carb would drop on and the only thing I would need is a changed fuel pump??? I not TOO concerned about performance ( It should be adquate for me ) and I want simple.

Hi Barry. I probably spoke to you at Stafford. I was going to view my Hoodie that afternoon. Well I bought it. Actually I'm JUST down the road in Eldwick. Will contact again when roadworthy if that's OK. Thanks for the kinds word Jim. It seems that west of the Pennines is well looked after. Looking forward to the summer and getting out there. Lee

Hi all. I've just joined the club (£15 in the post) and recently bought a Hood (S7) , but was wondering what representation there is from Yorkshire. I spoke to Big Jim at the Stafford show, but never had a chance to linger long enough to get to know the ins and outs of who, what where etc... Trawling the board there seems a bit shout from the Kent area, but not a lot from the North East. I'm in Bradford - Anyone local to me?

Just to be different I have a 2.8V6 with twin cherry bombs installs by previous owner (one on each side). And yes it is very loud. I've just bought it and the cans point straight in from of the rear tyres, which I believe is a bad thing, so am going to fabricate a swept end. I don't know if this is going to be too loud to be bearable but as I'm only just getting it ready for it's MOT I havn't driven it yet. This forum seems a bit of a godsend and look forward to having some on-line chats.

Slightly different question, but thought this forum was suitable. Have just bought RH S7 with Dolly dials. Rev counter is set up for 4 cyclinder but engine is xr4i 6 cyl. Dees anyone know if these Smiths rev counters can be re-calibrated? Alternatively was thinking of obtaining Triumph 2500 or GT6 rev counter to replace as should already be compatible and should look the same. Any advice welcome.