[Fot] "Smokey's way"

[Stutzman]

locked out timing is not unusual in the racing world, but as Bill said it 
makes cars very hard to start because you are trying to start the car at 
30-35 degrees of advance.
Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Gehweiler" <mini at wi.rr.com>
To: "Triumph Friends of" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:06 PM
Subject: [Fot] "Smokey's way"


> Just a note of clarification on my previous post, I was not referring to 
> disabling the advance, merely timing the engine to give the desired amount 
> of full advance at speed (3000 to 3500 RPM). You can easily start the 
> engine, but because the engine (on the track) never gets below 4000 to 
> 5000 RPM, the "advance curve" is not an issue. On the track, you are 
> always at full advance. Why go through all the work of  getting a 
> distributor dialed in with the correct advance curve, if the engine lives 
> at full advance?......This is for a race engine, a street engine is an 
> entirely different matter.
>
>
> Richard Gehweiler
> Stonefield Vintage Garage, Ltd.
> stonefield at wi.rr.com
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