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Re: Adjustment Sequence

To: "Blue One Hundred" <healey.nut@gmail.com>,
Subject: Re: Adjustment Sequence
From: "Bluechipracing" <bluechipracing@snet.net>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 07:54:13 -0400
Alan:

Seems like a good sequence.   I would add syncronize carbs after timing, 
then recheck near the end.
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From: "Blue One Hundred" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
To: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: Adjustment Sequence


> David -
>
> Your sequence is partially wrong.
>
> You want to set your gap/dwell as the very first thing.  When you
> adjust this you change your timing, so if you adjust timing first,
> then gap/dwell, then your timing will be off from when you first
> measured it (this is why I switched to pertronix... points are very
> sloppy with timing).  Also you need to set plug gaps.
>
> Also the last two are iterative by nature, I would acutally set idle a
> hair fast first (at about 800), then tinker with mixture, then set
> idle one last time.
>
> So I would do it this way (esp on a new engine):
>
> Rocker gaps
> spark plug gaps
> point gap / dwell (its the same thing)
> timing
> slightly fast idle
> idle mixture
> final idle adjustment
> double check timing again
>
> After I've done this I can get the BJ8 to idle comfortably at about
> 550 to 600 rpms.  Same with the BN1 if you can believe it.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Alan
>
> '53 BN1 '64 BJ8




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