>In fact that's how I time a couple of my engines by ear >(don't ask me: Ford harmonic balancers are keyed so you'd think >there's only one way timing scale could fit on engine, but 2 -- >perhaps 3, verdict still out on one -- have timing mark nowhere in >sight off plug #1). I move distributor clockwise until valves just >start to clatter under hard acceleration, then back off. Probably puts >me closer to TDC than spec. Ah yes, I used to do this as well, called 'power timing'. We would begin with the distributor a bit retarded and leave it barely loose enough to turn then accelerate hard from a dead stop, advance the distributor a bit, and keep doing this over and over until we found the sweet spot. Granted this is only seat-of-the-pants adjustment, but it seems to have made a lot of difference in many cars. One of mine had a sweet spot that was one degree. Either side of that was a noticeable drop in power. I would imagine this would be much harder to do in the De Lorean. Greg Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259538.3760361.5018013.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1712983/R=0/SIG=11u38u3s2/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/hit?pa ge=1374-105951838331032> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259538.3760361.5018013.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1712983/rand=706257920> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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