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- Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:01 am
- Forum: Fuel, Electrical & ignition (stock Bosch)
- Topic: Ignition Advance vs Retard on Early Cars
- Replies: 6
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AL, I tried several setups and finally settled back on the original install: 1. Ported vacuum to ignition advance. Plugged the vacuum port on the manifold. Left the retard port open on the advance/retard unit. Retimed distributor. Worked fine, backfires more on decel than I wanted. 2. Ported vacuum ...
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:42 pm
- Forum: Fuel, Electrical & ignition (stock Bosch)
- Topic: Ignition Advance vs Retard on Early Cars
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5190
Ignition Advance vs Retard on Early Cars
Are there any pros or cons to running just the ignition advance mechanism on the early cars that were fitted with both the advance and retard mechanism? Ie, I have been running my car ('82) with the ported vacuum (top of throttle body) to the ignition advance, and the full vacuum (bottom of throttle...
- Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:31 am
- Forum: Gearbox, Clutch and Driveshaft
- Topic: transaxle interchange?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15238
- Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:43 am
- Forum: Exhaust System
- Topic: Custom exhaust - exhaust note question
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32911
dual side note
Rookie ROX: have you considered putting on one of these as a center resonator? http://hushpower.com/ they make a 2.25 and 2.5 inch inlet/outlet size. I bet a small inline resonator would cut down the vibs! but maybe too much noise reduction? I run: South African design headers custom flanges/pipes t...
- Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:07 am
- Forum: Gearbox, Clutch and Driveshaft
- Topic: transaxle interchange?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15238
Great topic! I am in a similar situation. My '82 box is on its last days, but I have an '85 gearbox waiting to take over. I'm not really interested in going to an iso shifter, so i need to figure out what mods are needed with the '85 box to mate it with the non-iso shifter. Do the clutch save cylind...