Mitch,
Thanks again. Do you mean 12 degrees at idle (850)? Total of 32?
Joe
PS: Are you going the Winston-Salem Triumph Show April 26th? (May be
bit of drive if you don't have business here!)
On Mon, 08 Apr 2002 07:21:53 -0400 Mitchel Seff <ms6453@optonline.net>
writes:
> Joe,
> After reading your last post about adjusting the carburetor using
> the
> fast idle screw I remembered I had the same problem in the
> beginning.
> When I spoke to Joe Curto about it he suggested drilling a small
> hole in
> the bottom half of the butterfly to allow more air at idle. I
> started
> with a 1/16 drill bit & kept enlarging it till the idle was stable
> and
> the mixture screws alone would give me enough adjustment in a good
> idle
> range. I ended up with a 1/8 opening. My timing is set at 12 degrees
> with a total 32 degrees. No detonation or pinging. Car idles rock
> solid
> at 850. I could lower or raise the idle now with the just the
> mixture
> screws. This would also create a rich idle condition if not
> corrected.
> Hope this helps.
> PS If your distributor is turned so much that the cable still kinks
> ,repositioning the distributor is a pretty easy task.
>
> --
> Mitch Seff
> 75 TR6
> Oceanside, N.Y.
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