Glenn,
A good question is, is your engine original or has it been replaced. Also
is it California or Federal. Their are several different places to set
your timing depending on the year and engine (I think it actually had more
to do with the type of Distributor) But maybe this is your problem?
Patrick Bowen
At 10:41 PM 8/13/98 -0400, Glenn Trunnell wrote:
>Hello listers,
>
>I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with advancing the timing on a
>'76 Spitfire. The manual and the sticker say that the timing should be set
>at 2 degrees ATDC. My car will run when set to this but runs much better
>when the timing is set to about 8-10 degrees BTDC. Is this just an
>emissions lowering trick or is there so much advance (centrifugal and
>vacuum) in the distributor that it is really necessary to retard the timing
>this much?
>
>Thanks in advance!
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