Yeah... So I went out to my car earlier this evening, and went through the usual struggle to get it started, and got it to do the normal harley style, very rough startup, but then it didn't smooth out after a few seconds... It never smoothed out, even after reaching operating temperature. The car is running on the two front cylinders only. It was late, and colder than I'd like, so I didn't mess around with it too much. I pulled out the plug in the third cylinder and it was very black, so I figured I was experiencing my first bit of plug fouling, which still may be the case. So anyway, I swapped in one of my many other older NGKs and started it up real quick. I think it ran a little better, but now I'm not so sure>>> I then turned it off and put in another plug in the 4th cylinder to see if that completely cured it and had the car running on all 4 cylinders like it's supposed to be. When I turned it on, it was running on cylinders 1-2 only again... And that's where I left it for the night. Driving it around with it getting too much fuel and doing a little bit of backfiring and chugging around like a harley and vibrating like one too, was pretty crappy considering it feels like it has about 25 hp and my car is lugging around a "few" extra pounds in the trunk. Sounds cool though...

Any suggestions for me to look through when I go out tomorrow and play with more plugs? We'll see what I take a look at. Kinda annoying, cold weather sucks...

And FWIW, the car always seems to run on two or three cylinders for the first 30 or so seconds after I finally get to stop cranking it, which normally takes about two minutes total of cranking time when the temp is below 40 degrees like it is. And no, that's not with my choke fully open, because I can't fully open it, stupid cable is crap, I might be able to fiddle with it some more to get it to operate a little better, but yeah, I'll look into that tomorrow as well.

And "UPDATE" on the T-Stat crap, I put the "newer" seal on the "old" T-stat that I put in the car that actually worked, and I also made use of your idea George, sanded down the housing a little bit, and it now seals great. Now I just need a new radiator cap, because this one doesn't really close and seal... :-\

On another topic, a while back I retarded the timing a little bit so I can run regular gas, to reduce the amount more I get into debt, and the car is that much harder to start when it's cold and it has noticeably less power, and this is how it was dynoed... Really makes me wonder how much power I really have... And why it pings at 10 deg. advanced when it's warm out, and why I'm currently unemployed...

Thanks in advance!

ps. Ever since I got those Magnecore wires it seems to be acting funny...
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Kyle - OVT website and club Official Portland/Corvallis, OR - 1968 142 - current setup: 71b20b SUs, m40, part. stripped, custom CAI, 4-2-1 FI man., Simons exhaust... IPD sways +more