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timing ?: is this retard or advance??

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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 05:40 PM
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timing ?: is this retard or advance??
We (rx7carl) and i belive it MIGHT be full retard. what do you guys think??

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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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Looks like full retard to me
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Old Apr 19, 2004 | 06:31 PM
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I thought that was full advance...?
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mabey I'm thinking backwards??? I could have sworn that when you turn the dizzy counter clockwise, thats advance....
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i say advance. so does my chilton...
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I vote for advance.
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Well regardless of whatever way it is, i fixed my car and now it runs perfectly ;-)
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I stand corrected, Haynes says thats full advance.
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Well really, it depends on how the dizzy was put in. Being off by 2 teeth could make that full retard, or more. But if its set correctly then that is full advance
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It's advance because the shaft turns counterclockwise (or for you other folk, anticlockwise).
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That would be full advance
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