Date:         Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:33:54 -0700
Reply-To:     "B.J.R." <beer_eighty@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "B.J.R." <beer_eighty@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      82 Westy, 2.0 california- hesitant(?)fuzzy, accelleration?
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She Smogged very easy, well below average emissions last week.
I noticed the hesitant acceleration in preparation for the smog after changing the plugs, wires cap rotor, fixed the intake boot leak etc..
I believe because the performance was more pronounced with the tune up. Im sure it was behaving the same prior
I notice it most, hitting an enterance ramp, whether flat or upgrade
I don't have a tach in her to pin point the rpms, but I can feel it the first two gears the most, 3rd is so big its hard to tell but its there too.
Now that I think of it, it may be right at my 55mph too, just the way it gets "stuck" at that speed
it hesitates a wee bit upon acceleration, then has a real short band of acceleration, then it hits this longer band of hesitant almost "fuzzy" accceleration,
then it feels like the RPM's get high enough then she slips back into solid acceleration.
But its that SOLID acceleration I'd like throughout the power band
I'm not flooring it, this is giving it "adequate" gas. Flooring it makes no real difference.
It feels ALOT like incorrect advance or retard, but my timing is dead on.
Distributer vacuum seems functional and holds a vac when "mouth' vacuum applied. vac hoses replaced
I checked it over when putting in a new oil ring
different gas doesnt seem to change it.
I have run one bottle of Lucas injector cleaner through her in 2 tanks before i began the smog process
I pulled the air intake control arm cover and the tracklooks good but i havent cleaned it

Where do I begin to troubleshoot this??