Re: Timing a 36 120 Business coupe
Posted by Tobs On 2020/4/14 16:16:40
Shows you how much I know about this....Gero sent us a few pictures. It does have one coil, so I guess it must be an 8 lobe cam converted to dual points? I think I can even see that the points are worn from here. The top left set of points in the one picure looks to be closed, but not parallel. Oi vey.
So would setting point gap and dwell be best done with a dwell meter? 30 degrees is standard for an 8 cyl engine from what I just googled. -now I question if the 0.018 to 0.022 point gap listed in the owners manual is still fitting for this modified distributor. Any suggestion for point gap? (Sorry JW, just re-read your suggestion of 0.016)
Then setting timing is just done like any old normal single point distributor is done? Timing light on cyl 1 and then max vac at idle and then check for pinging under load? -6 degrees at Idle as a starting point.
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So would setting point gap and dwell be best done with a dwell meter? 30 degrees is standard for an 8 cyl engine from what I just googled. -now I question if the 0.018 to 0.022 point gap listed in the owners manual is still fitting for this modified distributor. Any suggestion for point gap? (Sorry JW, just re-read your suggestion of 0.016)
Then setting timing is just done like any old normal single point distributor is done? Timing light on cyl 1 and then max vac at idle and then check for pinging under load? -6 degrees at Idle as a starting point.
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