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Kris wrote:
> Basically the car has no top end. It idles fine and pulls great however
>when getting to the upper range of any of the four gears there's no power
>whatsoever. Valves are adjusted properly, 009 distributor is timed to
>10 degrees and has compufire ignition, new cap, rotor & spark plugs.
Kris, you need to get a dial back type of timing light and set it to 30
degrees. Now run the engine up to 3000 rpms, and check and reset the timing. The
009 needs to be set at 3000 rpms with preferably 30 degrees total advance (32
degrees max) at speed and then letting the intial timing fall where it will at
idle. The reason for setting them at speed is that ALL 009's are not made
equal, and each needs to be set at their own setting. This is why you have no top
end, as you've probably got too much intial, causing all the advance to be in
too soon. I hope this helps.
Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof
71 Square, Now a 2 seat Roadster, pics can be seen
at;http://photo.starblvd.net/bobnotch
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