So I thought I would check my timing because my car was running like a dog ever since I ran at misson.
First of all there was water sitting in my sparkplug boot and my car would not idle. This was from pressure washing my motor on the Tuesday night before the gene Berg cruise came through, yes it has been awhile since I last had a chance to do something on my car, and the rust on the plug was awful.
My car was running hotter than normal about 320 degrees. ( normal is 280)
So a few days ago I checked my timing
I had -4 degrees at idle and 14 degrees at full advance, and the condensor wire was against the oil sensor hmmmmm.... WHAT... I had adjusted it to 12 idle 30 max before the Great Canadian
I grab the 10mm wrench to loosen the dissy clamp and....... It's loose already, as in turning by itself from vibration loose...OK ..... I drove with the GB cruise and to airspeed 4 times since then . for a total of 250 miles max.
hahahahahaha now I'm thinking maybe I didn't even tighten the dissy down but I have never done that as I allways grab the dissy and make sure it is tight enough it could have happened though OR..................... SOMEONE (Brian) adjusted my timing for me before the race...... bless his heart as there was a beer involved. Hmmmmmmm........
Anyway the moral of the story is to allways check your timing, my motor runs much cooler now and is very responsive, and it idles all by itself.
Kevin
