Subject: RE: distributor timing
Author: Rob Prins
Date: Apr 1, 2004, 7:54 AM
Post ID: 1716452451
I got the distributor with a small lot of parts from a guy on this list
who mentioned that he had some carbs: Michael Masters. It was a used
part and wasn't advertised as being spot on. The original reason I
bought it was so that I'd have something to fall back on when my
distributor cam modification went FUBAR. When I looked at it it looked
"right", I could tell it was more symmetric than the old one so I
refurbished it (clean up, new springs, new points) and stuck it in. I
was pretty fired up to see that it was dead nuts on by the degree wheel.
Rob
joe jump wrote:
Rob, I don't think you would be considered a cobber if you ground down the cam lobe that was early. I've seen the procedure recommended in a BMW motorcycle tech manual, although they recommended using an oil stone. I see the same thing on my /5 as you saw on your Loop, and also on my Loop engine, although I don't think it's 8 deg delta between the two. Where did you get the spot-on point cam? Hey Corntown, ya listenin'? Yea, that's right; I got my engine running and it's ready to roost the Popsicle, just like when my Sport ate up that Yellow thang you rode to Mid-Ohio last year! Rob Prins wrote:
Joe in St Louis |