Well, mine will idle at 600 on a good day <g>. I have it set at about 700
now. But I agree, whenever I mess with the carbs at all it takes hours of
fiddling to get the idle speed back down. There seems to be a complex
interplay between the carb setup and the timing. When I get to this
point, I usually have to refer to the tune-up directions I downloaded
from the web (I think it may have been the Scions of Lucas site). But if
you can get it to idel smoothly under 1000 you should be OK; 1500 is just
a bit much for smooth clutch takeup, and bad for MPG and noise, as well.
This is a stock non-smog engine of indeterminate internal configuration,
with somewhat worn HS-4s (1966).
Andrew B. Lundgren had this to say:
>Yep, rumor is most don't like to run that slow. I still have my idle
>set at about 650-700, but it lopes a bit. (1/4 race cam, so that is to
>be expected.) I borrowed a timing light and did dynamically...
>
>
>On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:13:17 -0700, Tony Woodruff wrote:
>
>>The Haynes manual says that for my 1967 B the timing should be set to 14
>degrees advanced at 600 RPM with the vacuum advance disconnected.
>>
>>Does anybody else have a problem getting their car to even keep running at
>that low an idle speed? I need my B to idle at least 1000 RPM to get any
>sort of smooth running out of the engine, and really 1500 is better.
>>
>>Can somebody please give me a guideline on the proper advance for timing at
a
>higher RPM Ø or does the idle speed even matter?
>>
>>Thanks, as always I appreciate the time the experienced listers take to
>educate the rest of us.
>>
>>Tony Woodruff
>>dryfly@geocities.com
>>
>>67 MGB Roadster
>>67 MGB-GT-parts car (parts available!)
>>
>>
>
>
>Andrew Lundgren
>Lundgren@iname.com
>http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
>
>
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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