I'm holding off on calling Car Talk on this one because I think they'll
call me a fool for even having a British car, but I'm curious: my dad
set the timing at Xmas in my 71 BGT dynamically, strobe light, whiteout
on the mark etc., and it ran fine. Two weeks ago I was driving around
and apparently backed over a curb just enough to dislodge the muffler,
so the rpms wouldn't go over 2000 anymore. I tried many things and
accidentally put an air cleaner back on upside down so eventually took
it to a shop where the guy said the timing was way off. He set it with
the engine not running and said you shouldn't do it dynamically. DOes
this mean my _Dad_ is wrong? I'm in shock. It was only after this
that the guy discovered that the muffler was messed up too, but
apparently the timing being off was why the car wouldn't start below 40
Fahrenheit. Please don't use too much technical language in replies,
I"m obviously a beginner, I just want to know if timing should be set
statically or dynamically and why. Dad said maybe the engine was worn
enough (from a 74 B) that it shook or something in such a way that you
couldn't set it accurately when running?
Gen
'71 MGBGT sorry officer, the speedometer doesn't work yet
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