In general the jalpa is a reliable car which causes less problems, mine has now 72t Km, the reason why I dropped the engine were the broken engine mounts. This is no more an issue with my stronger ones.
Put in a Permatune ignition box, overhoul the carbs and tune them well, then you have an amazing bull.
Mine has 35ppm HC only with the airpump, no cats, not bad for a 20 year old car isn't it...
Apart from this I had no major issues, valve clearance was checked when the engine was out (68t Km) and needed no adjustment, the car never had a break down in 5 years and 30t Km I'm owning it.
Plan a regular maintenance every 10t miles with oil and plug change, that's all you need to do if you drive it regularly.
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