ChryslerCruiser
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Last night I decided to check the plugs on my new imperial. The previous owner had removed the lean burn system as well as the fuel injection, so it is now Holley and MoPar Performance Electronic Ignition equipped. . . Car runs fine when warmed up.... OR I have no idea what a good running car really behaves like. That being said I have not driven other than around the yard, to get it out of the way of other activities...
The plugs were gapped at .048, I reset them to .035 as suggested in the Electronic Ignition conversion pamphlet. Car starts much better now.. so we are making progress.
On to the point of checking what the engine timing is supposed to be... MP EI pamphlet says to start with 5* BTDC, and check that you have 36* total @ 200RPM => I can not find the timing mark when the engine is running... so I shut it off, and brought the rotor just up to the point of pointing at # 1 (about half way between ) cylinders # 2 and # 1 , and the timing mark is about 20* PAST TDC, and the plug has not even fired yet...?
Is this possible? (way late ignition timing, Or a balancer that has slipped out of place)
Your perspective is welcome. I have resisted the urge to just adjust the distributor without some experience saying that such is possible and the Previous owner may have just thrown the distributor in, and never timed it? Pictures to follow.
The plugs were gapped at .048, I reset them to .035 as suggested in the Electronic Ignition conversion pamphlet. Car starts much better now.. so we are making progress.
On to the point of checking what the engine timing is supposed to be... MP EI pamphlet says to start with 5* BTDC, and check that you have 36* total @ 200RPM => I can not find the timing mark when the engine is running... so I shut it off, and brought the rotor just up to the point of pointing at # 1 (about half way between ) cylinders # 2 and # 1 , and the timing mark is about 20* PAST TDC, and the plug has not even fired yet...?
Is this possible? (way late ignition timing, Or a balancer that has slipped out of place)
Your perspective is welcome. I have resisted the urge to just adjust the distributor without some experience saying that such is possible and the Previous owner may have just thrown the distributor in, and never timed it? Pictures to follow.