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Subject: Re: [T3] Jive Timing... > I suspect that you misunderstood the recommendation that you > were given. What you might want to try is to set the timing so that > the maximum advance (at high RPM) is 30 deg BTDC. Once you > have done this you can see what the idle timing is and just set it > there, at idle, in the future. > > Setting it to 30 deg BTDC at idle will give way you too much > advance at speed. While this may seem good, this much advance > will be very hard on your engine. While extreme amounts of > advance often seem to perform well, This is SO much that I'm > surprised that this runs as well as you say. > > Fix this right away as this can be really hard on your engine. > > I miss read the first post. Yes, the timing should be set at high rpm. This is the way timing was set on 911 porsches back in the late '60 and early '70's. Timing was set at full advance at 6000 rpm. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe