I've tried a few timing variations and found on my car setting a 10deg advance at 850rpm works best. I bought an Accuspark P8000 timing light which is a neat bit of kit for the price and seems accurate. The car feels it has a bit more zip and torque plus it feels smoother, could just be my imaginati...

Grrrr! Whilst messing with the Sprints timing I pulled on #1 HT lead by the boot and...... http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/other/ALFA/5CC6BDCE-BE3F-4F06-AF95-E4B9D1968F13.jpg Picked up another set (I was after some anyhow) for under £20. Hopefully they'll last a bit longer! http://i94.ph...

Found the T mark! It is quite faint, not properly stamped, no wonder I missed it earlier, so it begs the question what is the Stud for?

No misfire just a reluctance to buzz 'round to the red line. Checked the advance timing today and max mechanical advance occurs at 3250rpm just about spot on with the II mark, there seems to be no III mark. Attaching the vacuum increases the advance above 3250rpm....I suspect there's something else ...

Yep, vac adv removed and I checked its working. I'll try setting it to the II mark at 2000rpm....

This is bugging me! I've noticed my 1350 sprint is not eager to rev beyond 4~4.5k. I seem to recall it being quite an eager unit but my memory may be a bit cloudy....so I've looked at the timing and made a small adjustment using an old Gunson strobe and set the timing at the I mark on the flywheel a...

Yes, good idea!

Yep, tickets booked. Hope the weather is good otherwise will only be in the shopping trolley!

Having recently broke the under bonnet light on the Sprint…well it had been broken before, repaired and broken again I decided to replace it with a small 4 LED scooter number plate light found on ebay. For a fiver it was worth a punt and the dimensions where just about spot on. This may be useful fo...

They look so much better with the Chrome bumpers than the latter plastic versions like mine. Lovely.

Sweet!

Mine has a later electronic ignition system, here's a pic : http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/other/ALFA/E0806F37-9321-46A0-BBE6-DE9853A4E801.jpg I've arranged the leads as well as I can but they are still a touch high, also the passenger side fouls the bonnet light and I've just manage to...

The ones in the link posted earlier Shrew, the dizzy end rubber flex support is too long...

I thought it was too good to be true! Those plug leads are not right angled so don't fit properly, when plugged into the distributor they rub against the bonnet....

Cheers for the replies, mines twin Delorto, pretty sure the idle mixture is set ok but will revisit it.....too embarrassed to post pics of the GTV6...she's living under a pile of cardboard boxes and other junk including a top box :oops: Will dig her out later in the year, well that's the plan and st...

....my Sprint used to do it but I noticed yesterday, what a great day for a drive, that it doesn't any more...and I miss it!

Not sure if this has coincided with the fitment of NGK plugs (v.doubtful) or my recent carb 'refub' activities (much more likely)....any ideas guys?

Fixed the air filter temperature flap with a replacement 'bulb' from MrSud. Simple case of unscrewing the old one, adjusting the flap via the spring adjuster and screwing in the 'new' one (after its been in the fridge for a bit) until the flap is just about to move. Yet to get the carb kit...

Smashing! If this is the standard of car going to MITCR then I may not go! I'll be too embarrassed to turn up in mine LOL.

I've had time to check the carbs over, she's been running fine but started to play up again so time to investigate. Its a case of bad carb good carb! :) The good carb was clean with just the float level a bit low at 4mm, tweaked it to just over 5mm and reassemble. The carb needed tightening down mor...

I'm up for it! Hope the car doesn't explode on the way! kevjtd.................sud S1 ti alfachris..............sud s3 ti black/white 1.7 8v alfachris..............sud ti green cloverleaf hopefully finished Dralf1965............sud S1 ti Kegsti.................sud S1 ti York Sud ............sud S1 t...

Excellent! Although why has the gearbox extension been attacked with a drill? Can't see it would save that much weight...

You Sir are an absolute Star and a Gentleman! Many many thanks for the info!

Does anybody know the internal dimensions of the coolant and heater hoses for the Sud Sprint twin carbs? I'm going to replace all the hoses as I have a couple of persistent leaks that I can't stop, the hoses are just too old. I'm looking at this eBay seller: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/autoperformances...

Does this type of 33 have a Lambda sensor? If so it could be a cause of rich idle mixture...

Man that is one lovely 33, well done on the restoration a real top job!

Also I could have simply misread the plugs! Mine do look a lot like the normal plugs here: http://ngksparkplugs.com/tech_support/s ... aqread.asp could be a doh! moment.

All good points shrew, yes, twin carbs, plugs where gapped to .7mm I suspect the air flap has been stuck in the hot position throughout, there may be a blocked jet but I've had an in-line fuel filter fitted from the start along with new hoses so unless its faulty I'm not sure what it could be. I sus...

I’ve had a couple of issues with the old girl this week, went out for a blast at the weekend, lovely day some great roads but on the way back I could tell all was not well there was a slight misfire and hesitancy from pick up and very uneven idle. Weird. Checked her over and found a couple of issues...

Ever broken one of these: http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/other/ALFA/1CDC1C7D-C382-481B-88D2-DACB377B03C7.jpg Thought so... its just me then! :D Broke it while repositioning the engine after the rebuild, don't ask how I'm not sure either but I somehow slipped when tightening the top engi...

Great work. Tin bashing / fabrication is one skill I wish I had learned, I'm much better with mechanics and electrics...