Bruce and all,
I have seen this a couple of times. Once on a GTV when the fiberglass
from the muffler came dislodged on the way to a track event at Roebling Roads
and plugged the exhaust behind the rear muffler. We just unbolted the rear
pipe section and rode the rest of the way with one hand on the floor board to
make sure we didn't set it on fire ;-)
Another time on an American car (Ouch, I just bit my tongue!!). A baffle
came loose inside the muffler and would periodically flip up and block the
muffler outlet. Then it would fall back down and everything would be fine
until it did it again.
Darn, aren't intermittent problems fun to diagnose??
Skip Patnode
'67 Duetto
Norfolk, Va.
Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 11:08:58 -0400
From: Bruce Giller <[email protected]>
Subject: [alfa] loss o' power in GTV
Yesterday I experienced a very strange occurrence of loss of power whilst
driving my '73 GTV. I had just accelerated kinda hard, then let up on the
gas as I quickly approached the car in front of me. As the car in front
turned off the road, I tried to accelerate but nothing happened. The engine
did not rev at all but was still running.
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