[T3] tune up and wow... what a difference

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/25/2012 11:06:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bfye at canyonville.net writes:

But, it  is a better/worse difference!
My 1600 had a bad distributor, so I put a new  one in, set the valves,
adjusted the carbs, set the timing and it ran  great!  The next morning....
banging, popping, unhappy sounds.  I  had to drive it though... so off I
go.  Once the engine warmed  up...  purring, power, running cooler, better
MPG!!!  Next  morning....  banging, popping, unhappy sounds!!!
What the  heck?



Yup, I'm having the same issue. Did the tune up stuff like you did, and  
once it's warmed up, everything's fine, EXCEPT, the dwell. With the new points 
 set at .016, I get 62* of dwell. But IF I open the gap to .017, then the 
dwell  drops to 58*. :O I know it should be 50* + - 2*. So how do I get it 
down? Any  ideas? It seems to actually prefer the .017 gap, since it's 
actually  smoother on take off.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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