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On 6 Mar 2002, at 13:15, Everett Barnes wrote: > Russ suggested the rotor should not be over 5000 ohms resistance, my old > one was approx. 5500. New rotor was 5000. Both of these are probably fine. > Dwell now set to 48 degrees. Timing upped a little to 9 BTDC per a listees > suggestion. Idle increased to approx. 1000 per suggestions. > For whatever reason, #1 and #2 do not have as great a drop in rpms as before > but there is a drop, as measured on my Sears(tm) 0-2000 rpm tachometer/dwell > meter. I think this is normal. Once you get it running on 4 cylinders, dropping one is a 25% loss, while dropping one cylinder out of 3 is a 33% loss. > Dropped by the emissions place last Saturday and it passed 3 out of 4 tests > easily. Still failed CO at idle but only by a small amount. Idle mixture a bit rich? > The carbs. are very clean but I plan to rebuild them anyway just for good > measure. I will also set the valves to .004", although I don't know if > this will affect emissions. I am also waiting for my thermostat to arrive > because surprise, surprise, they don't stock thermostats at my FLAPS. If you don't have a thermostat, I THINK it may affect emissions, too. I don't expect a cold engine to work as well as one which is warmed up nicely. > One thing I did find out is that you have to smog a '67 every year in Phoenix. > You can also get a waiver one time but you just have to get it smogged the > next year and you can never get a waiver again, EVER. Scary prospect! > I still find it annoying that I have to smog this car but I don't mind the > trouble to make it burn cleaner. I, for one, appreciate the trouble and effort you are going to. Thanks! ;-) - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org