<VV> 102 PG idle adjust

[BobHelt at aol.com]

Ray, 
The centrifugal advance starts at 700 rpm, so your idle of 650 is pretty  
close to that. Try for an idle speed of around 600 rpm.
Regards,
Bob Helt
 
 
In a message dated 5/10/2011 5:42:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
corvairgrymm at gmail.com writes:

I set  the timing to about 14 degrees (spec is 13) and adjusted the
idle.  I  got the idle in drive down to about 650 and the car ran and drove
great  with just the slightest hesitation off idle if you floored it.   The
following morning (this morning) the car was temperamental and  stalled
several times when leaving a stop sign.

I did some tinkering with the idle but just couldn't get a reasonable
idle  speed in neutral and reliable acceleration from a stop in drive at the
same  time.  When I got home I pulled out the timing light and discovered  
the
timing was advanced again...  after a moments tinkering I  discovered that 
if
I set the idle nice and low the timing was 14 degrees,  but as soon as I
brought it up a little the mechanical advance kicked in a  bit and brought 
it
up to about 18 degrees.  This compounds the idle  speed increase.... and
makes slight adjustments nearly  impossible.