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07-17-2018, 07:26 PM | #1 | |
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Re: Questions about using a timing light
This thread took an interesting turn, talking about manifold vs. ported vacuum. I'm not worried about how well the engine runs at idle, it works just fine with ported or manifold vacuum, and does not ping at idle or when moving the throttle to various engine speeds when parked. It was only pinging when I was accelerating somewhat rapidly between 35 and 50 mph. So I backed the timing down to 7 BTDC. Under that condition (acceleration), it would not make any difference if I was connected to ported or manifold vacuum. But with the load I was giving it while accelerating, if the vacuum advance was retarding the timing at all, the 23 degree can would have retarded it even more than a 15 degree can. Apparently it was not retarding the timing enough to prevent the pinging under load, so a 15 degree can would not make it retard more under load would it?
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07-17-2018, 07:51 PM | #2 |
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Re: Questions about using a timing light
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