My apologies to the list and to Fred and Don in particular.
The dwell angle for a 4 cylinder engine should be between 55 and 65 degrees
(according to my tune-up manual). Unfortunately, for a 4-cyl engine, MY
meter has to be doubled, hence my thinking the dwell is 30. Anywhere in the
60 degree range will be ok, just be sure not to set the points after you set
the timing. Small changes in the dwell (point gap)
will make significant changes in the timing.
When I had my TR4, I would set the points, then advance the distributor
until there was "pinking"; back off a couple of notches, and it went like
the devil.
Don Sforza djsforza@snet.net KA1WV
3/4 Morgan Group 1966 '4/4' V Competition B1290
CT Triumph Register 1974 Triumph TR6 CF25689U
----- Original Message -----
From: <DGreimel@aol.com>
To: <djsforza@snet.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: Dwell Angle
> This is something that I should rember from teaching it many years but the
> memory is a little foggy. As I recall, the dwell for an eight cylinder is
> 27-33 but the dwell angle is the # of degrees that the points are CLOSED
and
> so it would be double that on a 4.
>
> don
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