I hate timing lights

cthulhu

I put new springs in.  Got an MSD kit.  Started with light ones and then went to medium.  I could NOT get it to run right at peak vacume.  Went back to the timing light and set 12 degrees initial and 36 total all in at 3500 rpm.  Car seems to run fine even at high rpm (5-6000 rpm).   This leads me to conclude that I must still be doing the vacume procedure wrong so I'm just going to leave it until someone can show me how to do it right.  I did learn alot more about how to use a timing light today and also how to change the distributor advance springs so that was fun.

Thanks again
Neil

 

My 82 CE has a stock crossfire system, does this method of timing by using vacuum also work on motors that are electronically controlled?

Thanks,

Tom

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My 82 CE has a stock crossfire system, does this method of timing by using vacuum also work on motors that are electronically controlled?

Thanks,

Tom

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nope...  only for non electronic cars

You can order Mr. Gasket kit #928 from Jeggs. It has several differant springs so you can experiment. I think on GM point distributors they recommend 1 silver and 1 black spring to get advance all in at 2500 rpm. This kit is also used for other applications such as HEI distributors etc.

Be very careful when you play with the TI timing in your LT1, running the car too far away from the recomended can cause the TI amp to overheat, and then you see a little puff of smoke, and a bad smell. Then the car just stops running........