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Made my own piston stop

#1 Post by BracketNova » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:00 am

My stock pointer was reading 3° more advanced than it actually was. Can't wait till the morning so I can head to the track:) This would explain why it really liked 42° a few seasons ago. I backed it down to "38°" when I switched to E85 (which is a mistake - carb guy said to run it where it ran best on gas). Which is ony 35°...and my 8:1 engine needs more help than that. Bring on the timing :mrgreen:

This wasn't hard to make at all. Got an old spark plug, tapped it with 3/8" coarse - worked great.
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#2 Post by wikd69 » Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:50 pm

BracketNova wrote:My stock pointer was reading 3° more advanced than it actually was. Can't wait till the morning so I can head to the track:) This would explain why it really liked 42° a few seasons ago. I backed it down to "38°" when I switched to E85 (which is a mistake - carb guy said to run it where it ran best on gas). Which is ony 35°...and my 8:1 engine needs more help than that. Bring on the timing :mrgreen:

This wasn't hard to make at all. Got an old spark plug, tapped it with 3/8" coarse - worked great.
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#3 Post by Craig W. » Sun May 01, 2011 3:32 pm

Very nice. I love the simple solutions to things.
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#4 Post by ytnova » Mon May 02, 2011 11:55 am

Dude, have you been in my tool box again?
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#5 Post by BracketNova » Mon May 02, 2011 9:35 pm

I suppose so :roll:
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Re: Made my own piston stop

#6 Post by Hitchcock » Mon May 02, 2011 10:10 pm

That's awesome ;)
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