Yes, and I might note that this is why timing is set at a specified RPM.
Consult the service manual for details.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
PS: This should not have come as a surprise. AFAIK all distributors have a
mechanical advance system, although some do not have a vacuum advance
system.
on 9/19/09 9:40 PM, Mark J Bradakis at mark@bradakis.com wrote:
>> I noticed that the timing mark moves as a
>> function of engine speed. The faster the engine speed, the
>> more advanced the spark. The slower the less advanced.
>
> The distributor has a mechanical advance system built in. Using weights
> and springs it rotates the plate for the points to give more advance at
> higher revs, less at lower. This is independent of any vacuum assisted
> motion, as you noticed.
>
> mjb.
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