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Re: [T3] Hesitation


<x-charset iso-8859-1>Jim A. wrote:
> > A while back I wrote about having a problem with hesitation on
> > acceleration, under load. MY car is a Carb'ed '69 T34.
>
> Are they the OE carbs and the OE dist? If not, what are they?
>

All stock, though may be from a later year - Dist. - 311 905 205 T ?!

> > Well, after checking the carb for vacuum at different rev's and
> > checking the distributor for advance at different vacuums I've
> > reached the conclusion that I'm getting to much advance, to soon.
> > My carbs are new and are giving 200mmHg vacuum at 1500r.p.m and
> > 300mmHg at 2000r.p.m. - according to the Bentley for a similar
> > distributor this vacuum should only be reached at 3000r.p.m
> > (crankshaft).
>
> You have to be careful when making comparisons between curves
> of different carbs/dists. The Bentley only covers the FI dists. Also,
> the Bentley graphs are taken straight from the Bosch literature, but
> they are NOT intended for you to make translations from vacuum to
> RPM. They are only written that way to allow the graphs to be
> compact and still allow you to read the mechanical advance as a
> function of the RPM and the vacuum advance as a function of the
> vacuum.

Let me clarify, I only read the graphs as vacuum to vacuum advance and then
in a general way.
About the vacuum at RPM I measure it by connecting my vacuum gauge to the
outlet (stock PDSIT's ) and watching the tach, as I rev it.

>
> > This is confirmed by the car performing very well,  on uphills
> > (under load) it runs well at about a 1/3 pedal, but lousy above
> > that, worse, the more I put my foot down - I hear a Brrrr... sound
> > from the back - I guess this is pinging?!
>
> Probably not pinging. I'm guessing that it's more likely that you just
> don't have the right advance at those RPMs. It's possible that you
> have a mismatched dist and carbs and that they don't work
> correctly together.
>
> You might find it instructive to put a Tee in your vacuum advance
> line and run a gauge into the car. That way you can see what the
> pressure REALLY is when things are running well and running
> poorly. I suspect that you will be surprised.
>

I'll try this.

.
>
> > So, what is the solution, less static advance i.e. set advance to
> > 3 deg. BTCD instead of the current 7.5 BTCD ?
>
> Is 7.5 BTDC the correct setting for your car, or did you come to
> this conclusion based on some info that you used to come up with
> a timing scheme for your non-stock setup?
>

This is the correct timing for the Stock setup I have for a '69 (Actually
for all the dual carb setup's)
Herman


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