At 11:20 PM 6/26/02 -0600, marcel chichak wrote:
>OK guys, I need your help. I'm doing a distributor for a lister who needs
>it working and in the car by the weekend. Problem is I don't have the data
>to make sure it's right. Can somebody with really good reference material
>look up the mechanical advance data for:
>
>1951-54 Morgan +4,
>1950-53 Standard Vanguard,
>1950-53 Triumph Renown,
>late 1949 Triumph 2000 Saloon and Roadster
>
>They all use the same, er, 'tractor' engine with Lucas distributor type
>DVX4A, service number 40201. I had it on the distributor machine tonight
>and it looks like it advances way too quickly at the bottom end, 12 degrees
>mechanical (24 crank) at 1000 RPM! Everything looks OK, but the primary
>spring has two holes it can hook into, so I need to know if the old thing
>is supposed to be doing what it is, or not.
Marcel,
Not sure what all you need, but here is some of the basic:
Static timing: 4 deg.
Points gap: .015 inch
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
65 Rambler Classic
Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan
Bricklin: www.bricklin.org
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