which way to turn the dizzy to retard timing? towards rear of car or front?
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which way to turn the dizzy to retard timing? towards rear of car or front?
i need to retard timing slightly from where it is now. Do i turn it clockwise or counterclockwise? thanks
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Re: which way to turn the dizzy to retard timing? towards rear of car or front? (ZCHF)
Turn towards the front of the car to retard, and towards the firewall to advance.
But either way, get a timing light and do it right
But either way, get a timing light and do it right
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Re: which way to turn the dizzy to retard timing? towards rear of car or front? (ZCHF)
do you have a timing gun?
I hope c-speed wont mind me using there site..
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I hope c-speed wont mind me using there site..
full read up right here http://www.c-speedracing.com/h...g.php
this should be what you looking at..
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Re: which way to turn the dizzy to retard timing? towards rear of car or front? (johnisenglish)
thanks , i am running 10 psi and its turned all the way towards the firewall. ill fix that asap! thanks again.
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Re: which way to turn the dizzy to retard timing? towards rear of car or front? (Pengo)
When moving the distributor: if the idle goes up, you are advancing it. If the idle goes down then it is retarding it.
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Re: which way to turn the dizzy to retard timing? towards rear of car or front? (95c1v1cs1)
thanks for the posts. I will get it fixed asap, it ran like complete crap(bogging when i floored it), so hopefully this will fix the problem. thanks guys
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