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So I got everything tuned up set advance to 10^ before on my 83 sedan and everything was fine till I actually put a load on ( went up a hill )  I know this isn't a high comp engine so regular unleaded should be fine.  Do I need to mess with the weber or did I do something stupid or did I just miss a step that I have completely forgotten?

 

Mike

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agree with the above.  I found it is the best way to tune your engine. go uphill with a tall gear laboring the engine. keep retarding until the ping goes away. If you change fuel type then you'll need to do it again most likely.

 

When I installed my eA81 with adapter plate I inadvertantly had no timing marks as the flywheel wasnt used. hence this method was used to satisfaction.

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keep advancing until ping goes away ??

 

must be a northern hemisphere thing, coz down under we reduce timing advance in fact my 85 EA82T has a boost retard function in the vac advance cannister and the knock (ping) control module pulls the timing back from 20 to near 10 DBTDC until ping has gone

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