ggzilla Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Gap of .030 to .035 will work with any engine. Larger gaps can help with lean-burning engines or mistuned engines, but it takes a high-energy system to fire a large gap (like the matchbox). Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Datzenmike: it's a weber. And ggzilla, gap of what? How do I make it to that? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Gap your spark plugs. Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Oh, last Time I checked they were :30 but ill check again! Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 bump the timing up to 12 degrees maybe even 13 10 isnt far off but you will be surprised at the difference it makes especially considering its an outlaw carb which if im remember right is a 38/38 and isnt progessive so it is probably getting to much fuel as well as the timing being low Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Yeah, what should I do next I fix it? Timing, the. What? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 What you should do next is stop blaming the spark plug gap. Either they are at 30-35 thousand/inch, or they are gapped smaller (which is a problem) > after changing my distributor, it ran great!!! But still kinda dies but the carb needs to be adjusted. And I think I should put the old jet bak in. I had a 140 in it but right now it's a 130 YES! Put the original jet back in. Then adjust the idle speed and idle mixture. Do not set it "two turns out" -- which is incorrect way to do it. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 What you should do next is stop blaming the spark plug gap. Either they are at 30-35 thousand/inch, or they are gapped smaller (which is a problem) > after changing my distributor, it ran great!!! But still kinda dies but the carb needs to be adjusted. And I think I should put the old jet bak in. I had a 140 in it but right now it's a 130 YES! Put the original jet back in. Then adjust the idle speed and idle mixture. Do not set it "two turns out" -- which is incorrect way to do it. I am the one with the wrong spark plug gap in my truck, I am the one that brought it up because I saw that info looking for the distributor timing, I guess since I put the matchbox in back in the mid 90s, I have gapped them incorrectly in all my gas engines Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 .030 to .035 inch is correct. With a matchbox you can gap them bigger but it is not required. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 .030 to .035 inch is correct. With a matchbox you can gap them bigger but it is not required. The manual says .041 with EI, but I have not had any issues that I can point to and say "that is the issue". I have not went out and fixed it yet, as it still starts and drives fine. :lol: Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yes, but 0.030 to 0.035 is still "good". It will run just fine. Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I need to go get my old jet back then... And I'll check my gaps Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have never gap a plug. Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 What? Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 What? I met Nick, at least I believe that was his name, at the post office yesterday, funny thing is I had my camera with me and forgot to take a sightings photo of his 620. :crying: Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Spark plug gap has nothing to do with what kind of distributor you have. It's dependent on the coil output voltage (more voltage, more gap). The reason factory EI systems use bigger gaps is because factory EI systems use a higher output coil. Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Yeah, I have the factory coil in it. I just need to time it better but there's no room to move my distributor. I need an elbow for the bolt by the vacuum advance because I don't have any Clearence room... And now I need a light switch... Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I just need to time it better but there's no room to move my distributor????????? you could pu the dizzy in 180 off and move the pluge wires and then get movement if your vacuum adv is going to hit soemthing. watch this. matchbox might be towards the exhaust to make this work(if you have a matchbox type Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thank you! I just need an elbow to put in so my vacuum advance doesn't hit it but I can't find one... And won't my timing be way off if. Turn it 180 degrees? Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Not if you rearrange the wires. The rotor will still be pointing in the exact same direction, you're just turning the body. You leave the wires in the same respective locations, though because the cap only goes on one way you will have the move all the wires to their opposite points on the cap. But if #1 is in front, it'll still be in front. You just unbolt the BASE (not the dist body) from the timing cover, turn the whole thing around, and bolt it back. You keep the rotor in the same relative position (it's supposed to key in only one way, so maintain that). Then swap the wires around. The distributor doesn't know which cylinder it's firing. It just fires every 90 degrees, Quote Link to comment
barricade88 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Hm, okay ill have to try that again then Quote Link to comment
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