[FC] Timing for a 4 Speed Conversion

[Paul Steinberg]

The manual transmission has a different distributor.  The difference is in the weights that move to set the advance curve.   I believe that I have one out of a 14K mile van, but will have to check to be certain.  I learned of a Corvair Amblewagon Ambulance Van in PA and it had already been stripped by Ben.  He was the person that told me about it.  What was left, I spent the day removing.  I just have to figure out where I put those pieces.  I only wish that I had taken the entire drivetrain.  The van had sat for 25 years in someone's backyard and rusted away.  Only after that person died, did the van make it to a salvage pick a part yard.   Paul in CT... 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Greenbrier Goon 
  To: corvanatics ; corvair list 
  Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:31 PM
  Subject: [FC] Timing for a 4 Speed Conversion


  I may have asked this before, but I am not sure what I should set the timing at on my FC.
   
  I converted it from a Powerglide to a 4 speed and I have not touched the distributor.  According to the service manual, the timing for a manual transmission vehicle is different than an automatic.
   
  Should I time it like a manual trans. vehicle?  Do I need a different distributor or vacuum advance from a manual trans vehicle?
   
  It shifts great, but the engine has been running rough and lunges a bit at low RPMs.
   
  Charles  


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