[Mgs] MGA 180 out Distributor Mystery

[Stephen West-Fisher]

I was thinking VW, but I haven't worked on aircooled VWs since the early
'70s.
One that would come in was a dragster, around 200 hp that didn't have
anything installed if it didn't provide power. Including the cooling system.
It only had to run for a minute or two at a time :-)

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Stephen West-Fisher
N4IK


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Ewald [mailto:richard.ewald at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:41 AM
To: Stephen West-Fisher
Cc: MG List
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MGA 180 out Distributor Mystery

Air cooled VWs had different timing on the #3 cylinder. The oil cooler sat
on top of #3 so it naturally ran hotter. 
By playing with the cam and ignition timing they tried to get it to create
less heat in that cylinder. 
This is why AC VWs have such an odd sounding idle. 

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On Oct 23, 2012, at 4:47, "Stephen West-Fisher"
<steve at coastaldatasystems.com> wrote:

> You are probably correct in this application, but...
> I would not generalize this to all engines. I seem to recall something 
> about the lobe timing being different on some engines, but I do not 
> recall the application just now.