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Cold Starting with SUs

posted by  68/142S on  Thu Nov 28 16:46 CST 2002
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It's most likely not your carbs but your spark(or lack of)
When I changed the carbs on my 68 it made little cold start improvment.
When I went with electronic ignition,I no longer needed a choke!
The spark on a stock 140 is very wimpy.Adding a HEI system is cheap and easy.
I'm useing a Bosch distributor GM ignition and a Accel coil.ACDelco plugs are
gapped at .050.(way better than the stock .028)My 140 has had this setup for
about 2 years and cant run any better.I've told other Volvo owners about this
setup and they dont seem to belive me or just can belive the FACT that the
spark can make that big of a differents.They are fools.



Ben.






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