<VV> Ignition Timing?? Pertronix??

[P.H. Raker]

Octane: 93
Temp: doesn't seem tomake any difference.  The engine is quite cold-natured, but this can occur any time from just after drive-away to fully warmed to normal operating temp on a 75 deg day.


--- On Tue, 8/5/08, J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> I know nothing - from Pertronix.
> 
> What octane gas?  How hot is the engine getting when this
> happens?  How 
> about the coil, maybe it is about to fail and the symptoms
> become more 
> apparent the hotter it gets?
> 
> Just a couple of "off the wall?" thoughts.
> 
> Later, JR
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "P.H. Raker" <n556p at yahoo.com>
> To: "Virtual Vairs"
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:27 PM
> Subject: <VV> Ignition Timing?? Pertronix??
> 
> 
> > Hello, all you ignition experts,
> >     I'm finding a situation with my 'Brier
> 110/4 that puzzles me.  Much of 
> > the time it runs wonderfully.  BUT, occasionally it
> will start pinging and 
> > knocking like someone has advanced the timing by about
> 15 degrees.  Of 
> > course, when that happens, it also gets very gutless -
> will hardly hold a 
> > steady speed.  If I can downshift or coax it up to
> 3000 rpm or more and 
> > hold it there for about 10-15 seconds the problem
> usually seems to clear 
> > and it gets smooth and quiet again.
> >     It has a Pertronix 1 installed.  Is there
> something going crazy in the 
> > Pertronix unit?  Is it something else?  I can't
> think what else it could 
> > be.
> >     Thanx in (not ignition timing) advance.
> >
> > Phil Raker
> > '65 Corsa Cpe - 140/4
> > '63 Greenbrier - 110/4
> >
> >
> >
> > -
> >
> >
> >
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