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Re: ignition advance late tc

To: Tim Newton <timnewton@menziesgroup.com.au>
Subject: Re: ignition advance late tc
From: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 19:30:10 -0400
Tim,

There's a bit of semantics in here.  TDC is the design point for setting 
the ignition when the engine is static, i.e., not running.  XPAG engines 
use a variety of mechanical advance curves depending upon the 
distributor.  The advance begins at very low engine speeds, on the order 
of 600 rpm.  At the other end of the scale, the advance may well exceed 
30 degrees for some engines.  So, the engine is designed to have its 
initial timing statically set at TDC and the advance curve will take it 
from there.

Obviously, these are generalities, and YMMV.  For a look at some of the 
XPAG advance curves you might want to take a look at 
http://home.earthlink.net/~budkrueger/Advance_curves.html.

Bud Krueger
52TD
Plymouth, MA


Tim Newton wrote:

>Hi every one
>can some one please comment on what ignition advance best suites the XPAG. I
>see the instruction book says TDC,  suggesting no advance?
>Tim Newton
>
>tc/9356

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