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updraught · 01-21-2022, 07:23 AM

With a low compression head you can advance the spark quite a bit for much better performance so long as it doesn't ping. The B engines had, I think, 19 degrees advance to start with, so long as you don't crank it by hand and risk a backfire. The spark should advance quickly as it is a low revving engine.

01-21-2022, 07:23 AM	#12
updraught Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 1,971	Re: Mechanical Advance distributor Identification help With a low compression head you can advance the spark quite a bit for much better performance so long as it doesn't ping. The B engines had, I think, 19 degrees advance to start with, so long as you don't crank it by hand and risk a backfire. The spark should advance quickly as it is a low revving engine.