[Tigers] Engine Woes - Part Two

[William Lau]

Do this first and then check to make sure that when it says 0 on the
balancer the #1 piston is truly on top.  The outside ring can slip on the
rubber. -- Bill --

Check to make sure that someone has installed the distributor wrong.
With #1 TDC the rotor should be pointing to #1 on the cap.
 
 
In a message dated 5/31/2008 1:16:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
tigerv8 at rogers.com writes:

Hi,  folks.

I finally got an opportunity to check the timing on the car  today, but
not much else as we are on out way out to a friend's  birthday
celebration.  The manual indicates 6 degrees BTDC, with a  notation that
it is acceptable to go an additional 5 degrees to deal with  altitude,
and to optimize performance and fuel economy.  I have also  seen
elsewhere that 6-8 degrees is normal.  So, I was a bit surprised  to see
25 degrees!  Does this seem appropriate?  I tried  retarding the timing
down to 10 degrees to see if that helped, but the same  problem occurred
(harsh sound from the induction system under load), and  the engine
really didn't seem to run as well as with the initial  setting.

I hope to get some more time to work with this later or  tomorrow..

Thanks,
Shaun