At 4:44 PM 6/26/96, Gregor Durstewitz wrote: >Hi All, > While adjusting the timing the other day I made a discovery I want to toss >out to y'all: It's an 1800cc\twin carbs engine, stock everything. Timing >according to manual is 10 deg. ATDC. That's the way I had it set until now. >I noticed though that it idles faster if I advance the timing a bit. So just >for the fun of it, I set the timing to 0 deg., and took it for a testdrive. >WHAT I NOTICED WAS THAT IT HAD A LOT MORE POWER THAT WAY. And I didn't >notice any knocking or overheating (I do have an oil temp gauge). I run my bus close to 0 degrees as well. It shouldn't hurt anything, as long as the engine isn't pinging (it will be more likely to ping with advanced timing). The only time I set my bus to factory spec is for my emissions check, which I no longer have to worry about since I live in Texas. Flame away, my bus still runs cleaner than 90% of the '73 busses on the road. :-) -David ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) Dallas, Texas, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (13.986@100.81) http://www.anet-dfw.com/~ddes '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
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