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Re: timing 140-160 1972

posted by  someone claiming to be George Downs on  Sat Nov 3 06:44 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I'd set it up with about 60° dwell or as close as you can get.

If your point cam is worn you won't be able to get that much.

If you have vacuum advance, leave it connected and set it to

about 21-24° at idle. This is a simplified method because

disconnecting the vac advance is a pain - it strongly affects

idle speed, raising it if you don't plug the hose or slowing it

down if you do. It works fine for me. If you get pinking you

might want to back it off a degree or two. BTW I'm using 87

octane or what ever is cheapest. (Still $0.999/gallon in Bartlesville)





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