Thread: What Is Initial Advance?
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09-13-2005 02:34 PM #1
What Is Initial Advance?
SOME ONE TOLD ME I NEED 8 TO12 DEGREES INITIAL ADVANCE WHAT IS THATGLENN
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09-13-2005 03:01 PM #2
That's the spark advance that you dial into the motor by turning the distributor clockwise or counter-clockwise with a timing light connected to the #1 spark plug wire. The damper at the crankshaft has a notch indicating top dead center and a series of numbers following the notch to indicate degrees of advance. Line up the notch/numbers with the timing tab which is usually bolted to or is a part of the front timing cover.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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09-13-2005 04:16 PM #3
There's a really good post by C9x entitled Got Time? (Part 1) that might shed some more light on your question.
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09-13-2005 04:30 PM #4
Initial timing is the amount of spark lead that set using a timing light aimed at the harmonic balancer. Run as much initial timing you can w/o making starting impossible.lKeep smiling, it only hurts when you think it does!
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09-13-2005 04:35 PM #5
SO INITIAL TIMING AND INITIAL ADVANCE ARE THE SAME ?GLENN
you can do it if you know how it works
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09-13-2005 10:26 PM #6
Originally posted by S19243H
SO INITIAL TIMING AND INITIAL ADVANCE ARE THE SAME ?PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
MSD 8360 distributor vacuum advance