Fellow fiends:
Many thanks to the folks who have responed to my latest posting. In defense
of my car guy support group, let me say that the fellow I was mis-quoteing
is really an okay fellow (he invited me over on Sunday for Wisconsin
bratwurst and beer to watch the Indy race at Road America. I left an oil
spot in his driveway, to boot. That's got to mean something.) In fact,
he's not such a jerk as I portrayed him, tho it is fun to tell him that I
did it on the net :-)
Getting back to the car... I adjusted the timing down to about 12 btdc
(from 15+) yesterday, and frankly, I think it runs better at 15, so I may
knock it up again (so to speak). Some folks advised, and it sort of makes
sense to me, that 'book value' is a starting point, but each engine may have
its own sweet-spot a few degrees away. It appears that the B-series likes a
little more advance, mine in particular.
I assume my vacuum advance works fine as the timing mark does indeed advance
when I rev the engine. I'd estimate that it advances another 15 degrees up
to about 4krmp and then doesn't go any further at higher rpm. This is all
eyeball-o-metric as we in the science business say, so... ICBW (I could be
wrong).
comments/suggestions/flames?
Will "check out this strobe, baby" Zehring
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