Re: TR6: Why, Why, Why???

["scott s." <75270_3703a@csi.com>]

On Tue, 06 Oct 1998 22:20:55 -0500, Irv Korey wrote:

>
>canada wrote:
>> 
>> Fellow Listers:
>> 
>> Why does the Bentley manual and most other specs I've read 
call for
>> setting the idle timing of a 76 TR6 at 4 degrees ATDC when my 
car runs so
>> incredibly well now that i've set it at 12 degrees?
>
>This timing spec is courtesy of the EPA and emission 
requirements.
>
Wait a minute.  Don't the smogged cars usually have 
retarded timing?  Setting the timing further retarded sounds
like a different problem to me.

scott s.