<VV> Ignition Timing?? Pertronix??

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Sounds more like a fuel or carburetion problem  rather than an ignition 
problem.
    Frank Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 8/5/2008 5:34:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
n556p at yahoo.com writes:

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





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