My '55 beloved Champion engine is sick, and it's driving me batsh*t trying to track it down. The engine has a great big dead spot in it's powerband, right off idle it loses power and will grind to a halt when under load, but if the engine has no load on it the engine will rev all the way up into the redline, where ever that's at, no problem. So far I've taken the Carter WE carb apart, blew out all the passages & jets and reassmbled it with a kit from Studebakers West which made it idle and start on a cold frosty morning much better, but still the dead spot. The distributer diaphram appears to have no rupture, the points and condenser have been replaced recently, and I can't find any point where the tiny wire inside may ground out. The only other thing that I can think of trying is to re-install the old condenser, and if that doesn't work, try the old points again.
Does anyone have any other thoughts? Best regards to all, Chris Houck