Jim:

You have more knowledge about these cars in your little pinky than me and my friends combined. But here are my thots:

1. If I add two of my cars together, I have the same symptom. The idle was merely a rack pin.

2. The smoke issue does seem to be related to timing. So I'm with you there. I've not done the drip test but suspect that the chain is major stretched. What baffles me is that the car starts in cold weather beautifully and idles well. Its just that it smokes to high heaven. I mean, I can lose the car in the stuff (but only at idle or between shifts (manual).

Good luck

Don

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