Re: Timing

["James L. McGill" <fishbowl@fotd.netcomi.com>]

On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Toby Basiliko wrote:

>Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 20:52:41 -0700
>From: Toby Basiliko <toby@gonzo.wolfenet.com>
>To: rlgreen <rlgreen@ibm.net>
>Cc: type-3@umich.edu
>Subject: Re: Timing
>
>Well,
>  If you installed a distributor 180 (or 90 or 220) degrees out, and
>then moved the wires around accordingly, (or, heck, broke off the
>indexing tab and just turned the cap) it would seem that you'd run just
>fine!  any reason why not?
>Toby B

Reason I heard is that the #3 firing is slightly retarded [1]
in it's order, in order to make up for the design shortcoming
of the fact that the #3 does not get as much air.  If you turn
it thus, I suppose the #1 gets this offset which might or might
not lead to more efficient burning in #3, less in #1, and might
or might not lead to a head overheating.

1.	No jokes please.  

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