I think the timing changes were to do with emissions, not because the ignition
was electronic. Since you're playing with a completely different distributor
though, that really throws it in the creek. By and large, you normally want no
more then about 30 degrees total maximum advance. You can set it that way with
the engine revved up to about 3-4 grand. Then see where it's at during idle.
Run it, listen for pinging. Advance it enough to hear it ping, and back it down
about 4-6 degrees. That should be in the ballpark area of "best" performance.
Earl Smith wrote:
> Greetings
> Iconverted Kermit from points to a crane xr700.My Question is that the
> Haynes manual calls for 2 degrees atdc for a 1500 with points and somthing
> way different for a 1500 with factory electronic ign.Any ideas as to how i
> should time my engine the distibutor is a Lucas points type off a midget
> with the crane conversion.
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