No photos today, sorry about that! Today with Jan's help set the ignition timing back from 36 degrees BTDC @3.5K RPM to 30 degrees BTDC @ 3.5K RPM and then took it out for another test drive. It ran really well and had just a little bit of pinging with lugging it a bit going up hill. I think that will be tremendous improvement in how the car drives. The ambient temperature was over 90F and the car showed no tendency to over heat :-)
Tomorrow I'll install the new otter switch (turns the cooling fans on and off) tomorrow and then get the front wheels aligned on Thursday. After that I'll let CD ('JJ') head back home till this fall when we will delve into a few of the other issues i.e. the rear suspension and maybe the clutch. Sadly the clutch is a big deal as the clutch can only be replaced by pulling the engine and transmission out together.
That's all for today,
Cheers,
Lynn
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Well done, Lynn! I have been tempted to get one of those 123 Tune distributors to be able to set the timing from a laptop. Or I could install the Ray Livingston EDIS system I have on the shelf which would be the smartest thing to do. I may do that after the October tour. Do you do your own alignment or get help from a shop? I did mine with a tape measure and it seems to be fine, but I'd prefer a more accurate method.
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ReplyDeleteThank you! If I had an EDIS kit that's without a doubt the way I'd go.
I'm going to take it to a local shop for alignment, I've tried to do it myself and I just can't get it close enough. That being said I'm just talking about toe-in.
I've tried using my laser line to help but again I just wasn't feeling like I could get it close enough.
Cheers,
Lynn