Lowtechprime
Retro Grouch
This one just has an electronic distributor in the standard, front of the block. The 2 litre will have a cam mounted distributor. I'm aiming for 145hp atw's for that motor
You got an adjustable cam pulley, maybe it did just slipped until the bolts are at their maximum of displacement?Yes, all bolts were tight, no pins sheared off.. I cannot explain it...
So, I am embarrassed to share this story, but on my race 128, I drove it 80 miles down the highway at 80, to the hill climb. Raced the first day, all good. Second day, my first run was really slow and the car was running hot, exhaust melting the underlayment on the floor. What the hell???? Turned out I had not tightened down the distributor, and it decided to self tune over the last couple of days. Weird things can happen.Since both the cam and the ignition distributor went way out of time, I'd inspect for possibly something internal as well. However if it was the timing belt it could affect both the cam and aux drive pulleys at the same time. But that should be much more obvious just looking at things.
They're cad plated, not zinc but I don't think that lowers the surface friction. All bolts are tight, and nothing has sheared off. I just got it back from Alfa Italia in Burbank, they reset everything and it's running great again. I'm still worried though because no cause was found. What's to stop it from happening again? Whatever IT was....just a thought on your problem it looks like you have zinc plated some of the pulleys this hasn't made them super slippery by any chance?
Your wife and mine seem to have similar attitudes around our car hobby.We have all had that spooky feeling. My bet is that if it happens again it will be on startup.
About six months ago my wife and I put phone locator apps on our phones so if my X died on some country road she could find me. I believe her comment was " that's nice but I'm not coming to get you"!