<VV> 140 pinging

[Mike Kost]

I'm surprised I haven't seen this mentioned. Have you checked the 
harmonic balancer for slippage? this would cause your timing reading to 
be off.

Mike Kost

Pitts10ch at aol.com wrote:
> Sorry, my bad, 93 it is and ping she does.  Now I am really  confused.  The 
> timing marks go from 0 to 16 on this beast.  The book  says 18 degrees at idle, 
>  vacuum advance disconnected, and warm.  I'm  quite sure I am missing 
> something here.  I do remember that the previous  owner said he jetted the carbs so I 
> am assuming that we have more fuel flowing  through than stock.  I drove it 
> before he did that and it pinged then  too.  Hmmmmm.  I just blew out the 
> cooler and it was clean as a  whistle.  As soon as the wife can cover the baby for 
> a few I will check the  timing and leave the distributor loose from some road 
> testing and  timing checks.  I will advise what I find.  Thanks.
>  
> CH
>