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Old 09-29-2013, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
See my amended post #31.

I realized that the spec is at 1000 rpm and my tests were all done at 650 rpm. That is the most likely reason for the discrepancy of four degrees.
With the non turbo you have the fast idle knob which probably helps with the 1000 rpm vs idle problem.

I'm not sure that the discrepancy of 4 degrees can be explained by a difference in 350 rpm though. The timing device alters a maximum of 7.5 degrees (was 6 degrees for the pre-1980 non turbo engines). I don't think the timing device is meant to do anything below 2000 (may be 1800) rpm - so that's about 1 degree for about 400 rpm ( {5000 rpm - 2000 rpm} / 7.5 degrees )
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