Vance---Fixing the cause of the mechanical advance not working is the
best way to go. I was giving a bandaid solution so he could drive the
car in the interim.
Engine's being difficul to start when the spark is advanced at idle is
mostly an old wives tale. It goes back to when super-high compressions
were being used. With no bleed-down from a performance cam, it might
be slightly noticeable that the timing is advanced, but the engine
should easily start. Gone are the days of the 6V system, when all of
this came about.
Try advancing the spark way up on your engine, just to see!
Dick
From:
vance.navarrette@intel.com(Navarrette, Vance)
To: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor),
Dick:
I would think that
setting the timing to 24 BTDC would make the car very hard to start.
Conversely setting the timing to 10 BTDC will make it easy to start, but
will cost power.
The correct thing to do
is to fix the mechanical advance, and use the 10 BTDC number (vacuum
disconnected). While I have never seen it, I have been told that the
grease in the dizzy dries out, the bob weights stick, and the mechanical
advance stops working.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Sally or Dick Taylor
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:48 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Mallory distributors and electronic tachmeters
<snip>
If your advancing canister is NOT working, or you don't have one, set
the timing for the same 24 deg. BTDC and don't romp on it during this
setting.
Any idea why the centrifugal advance part of this dist. isn't working?
Dick
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