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Re: [Mgs] MGB Cruising Speed.

To: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>, "Dodd, Kelvin"
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MGB Cruising Speed.
From: Rick Lindsay <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:34:51 -0700 (PDT)
When I rebuilt my MGB's distributor there was so much
PO-installed grease that the advance weights wouldn't
move!  No wonder the car was dead when I got it!

rick

--- Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> The comment about the carbs and getting the *ideal*
> curve (as opposed to the 
> design curve) on a rolling road is perfectly
> correct, but you can diagnose a 
> faulty curve i.e. too aggressive due to tired
> advance springs with nothing 
> more than a timing light, preferable an adjustable
> one where you can turn a 
> dial until the flashes are on TDC then read off the
> real advance from the 
> dial.  With a standard engine and carbs in good
> condition I'd expect mixture 
> to be pretty much as it should be, it is timing
> which is more likely to go 
> off.
> 
> PaulH.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > The problem is that without tuning the car on a
> dyno or rolling road, it
> > is unlikely that the tuning is going to be
> accurate at that speed.
> ...
> > Getting technical, some quick checks with a timing
> light showed that
> > both original distributors were giving far too
> much advance. 
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