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geezer#99 · 07-04-2018, 01:26 PM

Did you know that your mechanical advance in the distributor starts to come in near 800 rpm. At 950 rpm yours likely is. That means your 12 initial isn’t likely accurate. Could be closer to 5 degrees.
You need to get the idle down near 700 rpm.

Have you fixed the flooding carb yet?
Any tuning you do is meaningless until you do.

07-04-2018, 01:26 PM	#64
geezer#99 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bowser Posts: 13,522	Re: Help a NOOB - A continuing saga Did you know that your mechanical advance in the distributor starts to come in near 800 rpm. At 950 rpm yours likely is. That means your 12 initial isn’t likely accurate. Could be closer to 5 degrees. You need to get the idle down near 700 rpm. Have you fixed the flooding carb yet? Any tuning you do is meaningless until you do.