Reply to "Ignition, vacuum advance question"

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Hi Steve, thanks for lengthy mail.

I may just have solved most of it actually. I've disconnected the vacuum advance. Then I only had a problem in high rpm. I opened the distributor, and even though the instructions said that it was factory set to max 24 degrees centrifugal advance, it was well above 30. I corrected to 20, som now I can have 14 degrees at idle and 34 degrees total. I haven't had a chance to drive the car, but pushing the rpm in my garage (lucky neighbours) sounded like the problem was gone.

The vacuum reading is a bit low, now 16. I'm not sure why. I've tested the manifold/engine, I have a new carb with new gaskets and tried spraying. No result. And engine runs fine now. By the way, the needle is super steady, so I don't suspect major problems in the engine.

It doesn't go as fast as I thought, 0-60 in 9 seconds, but that was before fiddling with the advance, should be better now.

I need to test drive, will not happen until Monday earliest.

8/29/088:01 AM

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