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Old 07-20-2011, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 47dodge View Post
If your timing was really 10 degrees late then it would most likely run very poor if at all, and you would have gray smoke, that smelled strongly of fuel.
10 degrees ATDC is a lot more than 10 degrees late.

Engines with start-of-injection only 10 degrees retarded run great. In fact, I would bet that the majority of W123's on the road today have timing that is in that ballpark.
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