<VV> timing WAS powerglide car hesitates off the line

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Good idea Ken - But it is only a partial solution. I agree totally with  
what you said. But if the carb idles are set incorrectly, and the vacuum port 
is  displayed to the vacuum advance unit, on start up, the car will 
immediately be  pulled to advance the timing. Now it is dependent on the carb 
settings. If the  driver pulls away, the vacuum will drop and the engine will 
retard -back to  where your setting was. (Hesitation?) That might be okay, or it 
might not be  okay. After using your setting (I really prefer a timing 
light with the vacuum  plugged) hookup the vacuum line with the engine running 
and see if there is a  change. If so, back to the carb idle speed setting 
screws. - Seth
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/16/2014 6:00:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

I always  recommend setting the timing with the engine not running.

Remove the  secondary coil wire from the distributor cap and ground it.
wire a 12v  light bulb between the ignition primary wire and the points.
turn the  crankshaft so the damper mark lines up with the degree setting 
you  want
slightly loosen the distributor hold down.
turn the ignition key to  the on / run position.
slowly and carefully turn the distributor back and  forth.
the bulb will come on and go off.
Move back and forth in smaller  and smaller increments until you locate the 
point at which the bulb is just  barely off.
Tighten the distributor, remove the bulb, return the coil  secondary wire 
to the cap.

The timing is now set to the exact point you  have chosen.  There will be 
no variation due to vacuum or advance weights  interference.

Ken Pepke
Wyandotte, MI
65 Monza 2 door 110hp, 4  speed