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RE: timing advance

To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: RE: timing advance
From: David Councill <dcouncil@inetco.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:45:40 -0600
At 01:01 PM 6/18/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>     I think you did get good advice. On my '67 MGB, I drove myself crazy 
>wondering why my car had no power after I had set the timing to factory 
>specs. I ended up following the advice given a few weeks back by someone on 
>this list--which basically involved advancing the spark until the engine 
>begins to stumble--and found that this gave me the right about of advance, 
>even though it was something outrageous like the 30 degrees that you've set 
> your timing set to.
>
>

As a purist, I always go with 12 btdc. But I'll have to try this out. When
you say you advance is this going before or after top dead center?


David


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