<VV> Opinion wanted re: pressure/retard

UltraMonzaWest@aol.com UltraMonzaWest@aol.com
Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:34:33 EST


In a message dated 2/1/2005 8:44:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
flash@vicspdi.com writes:

> My 62 Monza sedan with 102hp and PG has a Judson supercharger.  It very 
> much like the timing advanced at low rpm and pings under full throttle with 
> too advanced timing.  I currently have it set at about 17 degrees (at my 
> altitude about 2 degrees past factory is about right on my other Corvairs 
> so this is not really advanced much) and it rarely pings.
> 
> Would a Spyder pressure/retard unit work on the 102hp and would it allow me 
> to set initial timing way higher (say Spyder range like 24 degrees) but 
> keep it from pinging?  Or will the pressure/retard only work with a Spyder 
> distributor?
> 
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Sure would!      But..with a belt driven supercharger..you begin building 
boost off idle?



Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.