I've got my 1.6 8v in my sj, I've been driving it around for a couple of days now, I have setup the timing by ear and she's running okay, but I've just tried setting the timing with a timing light and at 8° she's almost ready to cut out (assuming the 1.6 8v is 8°??) Where I have her set by ear, the timing on the front cover & flywheel are reading way, way out, like around 40°.
Why?
1.6 8v timing
Re: 1.6 8v timing
Are you setting the timing with the vac advance unhooked and plugged?
I run mine at 10*btdc, I think most of us with the 8v do.
What carb are you running?
I run mine at 10*btdc, I think most of us with the 8v do.
What carb are you running?
Re: 1.6 8v timing
No I didn't, the vacuum advance wasn't working on the 1.3 so I never bothered, not even sure it's plumbed up right on the su hif44.
Anyway, I forgot to block the vacuum advance
Anyway, I forgot to block the vacuum advance
Re: 1.6 8v timing
Sorry to dig up an old post !
But do you plug the vacuum from the carb whilst setting the timing
No mention of it in the manual I dropped the revs down
And set the timing at 10
But do you plug the vacuum from the carb whilst setting the timing
No mention of it in the manual I dropped the revs down
And set the timing at 10
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Re: 1.6 8v timing
You need to block off the vac advance from the distributor when setting the timing.
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Re: 1.6 8v timing
Balls 
Il do it again don’t take long
Il do it again don’t take long