<VV> 67 110/pg w/AC Update-Dwell

[Harry Yarnell]

The greater the gap, the lower the dwell. Try gapping on the 'low' side of 
.016

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BigD" <darrenvvagazio at yahoo.com>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: <VV> 67 110/pg w/AC Update-Dwell


>                      Update: I finished rebuilding my carb (that I didn't 
> do the first time), plugged all the vacuum hoses and fired the engine up. 
> It ran great, in fact, I didn't realize how the car should sound before 
> this. It did start smoking blue smoke quite a bit but apparently it was 
> due to a really low dwell. After getting the dwell up the problems went 
> away. However, for some reason I can't get the dwell past 25-28 degrees; 
> it's good for now as I'm only moving the car in and out of the garage.
>
> Speaking of which, what's the best way to adjust dwell? I rotate the 
> distributor back and forth until It looks like it on the peak of the lobe, 
> loosen the points screw and try to get the gap as close to .019 - .016 as 
> possible. Then I tighten it down and check and double check. When I check 
> with the engine running it's always to low but VERY stable; just not 
> enough angle. What could be wrong besides the meter? The points are new. 
> Distributor cam? It doesn't look worn.
>
> Darren Agazio, CORSA Member, Huntsville, AL
>
>
> 1967 Monza, hoping to be more than a parts car...
>
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