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Re: what shld TR4 dwell be

To: CarlSereda@aol.com, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: what shld TR4 dwell be
From: Cliff Hansen <chansen@exis.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 17:18:43 -0400
My factory workshop manual doesn't specify a dwell angle.
Timing should be 4 BTDC, point gap 0.015.  If you can figure
a dwell angle from this, I'd be interested to know.



At 04:00 PM 8/19/98 EDT, CarlSereda@aol.com wrote:
>
>Since 1974 I always tuned my engine by using the 'basic setting' with no real
>difficulty but lately I am suspicous about my less than perfect ditributor
>shaft (a little play there). In the newer books is there a dwell spec? for
>that matter does anyone have the numbers to use with a timing light too? My
>old book (TR4-4A Autobook) recommends static setting (as distrib has weights)
>and of course the crank pulley has just a TDC hole and no numbers but I am
>curious to check both these areas. Any info appreciated.
>Carl
>'64 TR4
>
>
Cliff Hansen
chansen@exis.net
1966 TR-4A CTC 64615L


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