i'm sure now about the TDC mark and put the car with 36° total... runs great.... Has 26 ° at idle and the Unilite distributor ( no vacuum connection ) gives another 10 ° max at 3500 rpm.....
Took away 2 degrees ( 24 + 10 = 34 max ) and drove the car this evening ... but have the feeling it's not better .....as if there is a weaker behaviour above 4 to 5000 rpm.... think i dial it back to the full 36 max °....should be remote control on dashboard
, so we can play with it driving.... just afraid with exhaust noise i won't hear eventually pinging ?
It's as with the 34 ° i have to smooth gaspedal and going up in revs... full throttle at once there's some hesitation in power release .....less that feeling with 36°.
Don't know also if the jetting is good ??? It's a Edelbrock carb but God knows what jets size is there ....for a garage queen , suppose many starts to be moved/ show/routine maintenace , some minor mileage ... the plugs are sure not dark ... either very light brown..... and sure dry.... i have now new plugs installed. ( Autolite 25 )..... Perhaps i need to check and go 1 step greater jets ? Rather wish a fouled plug once a while then a lean engine failure .
Also there's a fuel pressure gauge facing the engine compartment... not relevant i think as you can't see it under load driving .... ( still only mechanical fuel pump ).....bought a electric fuel pressure gauge , think installing this ... only pitty i have to drill a hole somewhere in the, so far,original dashboard.... but metering is knowledge
Had a spirit drive this evening along country roads and found after some 10 miles i had almost no brakes anymore ....
.. again that garage queen ghost ofcourse ... quite possible that the brake fluid is also numbers matching
.... don't have to guess what % H2O there can be after 25 years....gonne purge the hole system and fill with high boiling point racing brake fluid... as we have here ATE BLUE....
positive point : the car is totally better now on new racing tyres Michelin TB15 and new coilovers from Intrax.... as a train instead of a boat
