<VV> Ignition timing question.

[J R Read_HML]

If you send the distributor off into advance land, the starter does not have 
enough torque to turn the engine over.  I don't know why, but I know it is 
true.  Hot engine start problems?  Back the distributor off a couple 
degrees, starter turns faster and away you go.  I actually leave the 
adjuster under the distributor just tight enough that it cannot move by 
itself, but loose enough that I can nudge it if/when I want.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf at msn.com>
To: <UltraMonzaWest at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 8:53 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Ignition timing question.


> How can IGNITION timing make it harder to crank an engine. If IGNITION is
> affecting cranking, then the fuel-air mixture is igniting, and the engine 
> is
> RUNNING. Am I missing something?
>
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]On Behalf Of
> UltraMonzaWest at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 3:42 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Ignition timing question.
>
> Sure you can!  The Specs are 40 yrs. old,  using fuels that were very
> different.....
>
> Just remember you're adjusting just the initial timing......if your 
> battery
> ever goes flat...it's much harder to crank it  vs   a lower setting.
>
> Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Mr. DeckRug
> 69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
> Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.
>
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