When I rebuilt my MGB's distributor there was so much
PO-installed grease that the advance weights wouldn't
move! No wonder the car was dead when I got it!
rick
--- Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> The comment about the carbs and getting the *ideal*
> curve (as opposed to the
> design curve) on a rolling road is perfectly
> correct, but you can diagnose a
> faulty curve i.e. too aggressive due to tired
> advance springs with nothing
> more than a timing light, preferable an adjustable
> one where you can turn a
> dial until the flashes are on TDC then read off the
> real advance from the
> dial. With a standard engine and carbs in good
> condition I'd expect mixture
> to be pretty much as it should be, it is timing
> which is more likely to go
> off.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > The problem is that without tuning the car on a
> dyno or rolling road, it
> > is unlikely that the tuning is going to be
> accurate at that speed.
> ...
> > Getting technical, some quick checks with a timing
> light showed that
> > both original distributors were giving far too
> much advance.
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