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1.6 8v timing
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:01 pm
by dan00001
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?
Re: 1.6 8v timing
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:45 pm
by ScottieJ
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?
Re: 1.6 8v timing
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:05 pm
by dan00001
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
Re: 1.6 8v timing
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:13 pm
by marve114
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
Re: 1.6 8v timing
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:14 am
by timwilks13
You need to block off the vac advance from the distributor when setting the timing.
Re: 1.6 8v timing
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:24 pm
by marve114
Balls
Il do it again don’t take long
