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RE: Sluggish Performance on the '71 GT6

Subject: RE: Sluggish Performance on the '71 GT6
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:38:33 -0700 m >
Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> > Roger, FWIW that spec is with the vacuum retard active.
>
> WOW I never thought of that!  Thanks Randall, this explains my trouble
> timing my own car.  Do you happen to know what the idle setting should be
> with the retard disabled?
>
> > around 12 BTDC.
>
> That's the static setting.  Did you just answer my question?  :-)

Yup !

The exact value varies from car to car (for example it's 10 BTDC for earlier
TR6), but the timing with the vacuum retard disabled should be the 'static'
value.

Randall

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