Setting timing
10-05-2013 | 09:15 AM
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Setting timing
Hello,
When you set the timing on a 87 TPI do you put the transmission in Drive? I know on my 1978 Trans Am You put it in drive to read and set the timing but nothing I have read has said anything about that.
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When you set the timing on a 87 TPI do you put the transmission in Drive? I know on my 1978 Trans Am You put it in drive to read and set the timing but nothing I have read has said anything about that.
Thanks again,
10-05-2013 | 09:54 AM
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Re: Setting timing
Doesn't matter, as long as the engine is running fairly slow. You may well find however that in "timing set" mode, when it's missing about 20 - 25° of advance, it won't even run in gear at all.
Didn't matter in a 78 either, for that matter; as long as the RPM was below the point where the mech adv started operating.
Didn't matter in a 78 either, for that matter; as long as the RPM was below the point where the mech adv started operating.
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