Don't think my original reply made it to the list, so
here again:
Just read David's account. Mostly correct...The
> timing was set at about 30 degrees BTDC and I was
able
> to get it to about 20 without removing the dist. It
> was "spark-knocking - not sparking) Told him it may
be
> a tooth off, but first we need to adjust the carbs
(I
> believe he is a little rich) and do a complete tune
up
> before re-timing to determine this. The car ran
> beautifully (much to my amazement and joy). The
temp
> never exceeded 195 (at least on my segment), and oil
> pressure was great. It did use significant oil
during
> the first leg (a quart in 200 miles) but then slowed
> to a trickle later in the trip (maybe to a quart
every
> 1000 miles by the time we were through. Someone may
> be able to explain this to me. Also he may have
some
> leakage. We will excamine all that in due course.
> Bottom line, is it is the best $1000 roadster on the
> planet IMHO.
>
> Oh yeah, Dave can be a little hard to take in close
> quarters for 3 days, but then who wouldn't be. We
are
> still buds.
>
> Mike Harper
> Charleston SC
>
> --- aiken1315@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> > It is a beautiful country we live in. Here are
the
> > highlights (thanks to Mike's GPS) from a couple of
> > SEROCers San Francisco, CA to Aiken, SC road trip:
> >
> > Day 1 - Saturday, Jan 21, 2006: Fly into San Fran
> > airport and travel to Union City, CA to pick up
car.
> > Took spare parts, soft top (came with only a
> > tonneau cover), tool kit, jumper cables, oh yeah -
> > we did have room for a couple of changes of
clothes!
> > Arrive at hotel around 9:30pm.
> >
> > Day 2 - Sunday, Jan 22, 2006: Mike "The Mechanic"
> > Harper resets the timing. It was more than 3
teeth
> > off and was sparking on the trip to the hotel the
> > night before. Can only be reset to within 1
tooth,
> > but car is running and sounding great. Mike
> > pronounces it good to go without doing anything
> > else.
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