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[T3] Engine Update


<x-flowed>Last weekend I changed oil, plugs, checked dwell, timing, charging system, 
and valves.

Oil was good, charging system checked out good, 13.5 @vdc idle, 14.8vdc 
@high idle. Valves only require minor adjustment, 2 & 3 exhaust were tight, 
all the rest were in pretty good shape. Set dwell to 46, set timing. The 
spark plugs were ok 3 looked perfect, #1 was dark though. Not oil fouled, or 
covered in carbon...it was dark though. That could either be from the fact 
that #1 was running like crap a while back...so I am going to check on the 
plugs again after putting some more miles on it and see what they look like.

OH Jim, you said time my 72 as if it were a 71, because I lack many of the 
parts for a 72 (primarily the vac retard) Does this inlclude the actual 
timing setting (i.e. 0 btdc for a 71, or 5 tdc for a 72 I think those were 
the values at any rate) or merely the timing procedure you were referring 
to?

Im still being a slacker and havent checked the fuel pressure either, so I 
still dont know if its correct.

Kelly Park was a good show...the sun actually decided to show after 
sometime, and the weather turned out to be beautiful. The staff did a great 
job of packing the cars in there, even though they said there was going to 
be "no parking on the grass" they broke that rule to pack all the cars in 
that were trying to get in.

There were a couple of sweeeeeet notches (mild custom) there, one was RHD 
and beautiful. One of the notches, a mild custom exterior, had a 2.7 litre 
type IV motor. Sounded beautiful, almost quiet, thanks in part to the nicest 
custom made stainless exhaust I have ever seen. Personally I think my square 
was the best looking late model T3 there :)...now that I think about it, it 
was the only late model square there ;p.

Drake
72 square FI

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