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Hello Darksiders,
It's been a while since I've been on here. Life's been busy and I play with the Alpine whenever I get a chance. Recently I replaced the distributor as I've always had a problem with the one in it over advancing. At least I think that's what the problem is.... When I get into the 3,000-3,500 rpm range I get some strange running resistance. I've run the gamut (in my limited brain space) of what the problems could be. Ive gone through 3 distributoors and 3 carbs and I'm nowhere nearer to a solution. In fact, this past weekend it appears that I may have made matters worse...I installed a distributor that I just ordered from Performance Distributors. They advertise that they set up the distributor on a machine and base those settings on the engine info (cam, compression, fuel grade, etc. etc.) that you provide. Sounds awesome. I'll take one! Well, 3 months later I got it. Looks great. They indicate that it's set up to advance 24 degrees at 3,000 rpm's. I'm hoping that this isn't 'total' available advance. I had heard earlier that I needed 28 degrees 'total'. I set initial timing statically at 12 deg BTDC. After warm-up, when I accelerate into the 3,000 range it starts running like crap. After replacing so much equipment I'm wondering if my cam timing has been off from the beginning. Who knows...it was my first water cooled engine build. I've put 30K or so miles on the car but have always known that I'm only seeing 60% of it's potential and it's frustrating. I've had it to a few different mechanics, on their scopes, and they have no clue. The two times I took it to a dyno were useless as well. Anyone know any magic words? Advice? (Besides, 'You should get another hobby').
Thanks in advance (pun intended)
Bryan
It's been a while since I've been on here. Life's been busy and I play with the Alpine whenever I get a chance. Recently I replaced the distributor as I've always had a problem with the one in it over advancing. At least I think that's what the problem is.... When I get into the 3,000-3,500 rpm range I get some strange running resistance. I've run the gamut (in my limited brain space) of what the problems could be. Ive gone through 3 distributoors and 3 carbs and I'm nowhere nearer to a solution. In fact, this past weekend it appears that I may have made matters worse...I installed a distributor that I just ordered from Performance Distributors. They advertise that they set up the distributor on a machine and base those settings on the engine info (cam, compression, fuel grade, etc. etc.) that you provide. Sounds awesome. I'll take one! Well, 3 months later I got it. Looks great. They indicate that it's set up to advance 24 degrees at 3,000 rpm's. I'm hoping that this isn't 'total' available advance. I had heard earlier that I needed 28 degrees 'total'. I set initial timing statically at 12 deg BTDC. After warm-up, when I accelerate into the 3,000 range it starts running like crap. After replacing so much equipment I'm wondering if my cam timing has been off from the beginning. Who knows...it was my first water cooled engine build. I've put 30K or so miles on the car but have always known that I'm only seeing 60% of it's potential and it's frustrating. I've had it to a few different mechanics, on their scopes, and they have no clue. The two times I took it to a dyno were useless as well. Anyone know any magic words? Advice? (Besides, 'You should get another hobby').
Thanks in advance (pun intended)
Bryan