[Diy_efi] small engine spark timing

Mike V efi
Tue Nov 7 02:48:21 UTC 2006


One would have to believe there is power to be gained when
you get away from static timing.  Are you sure there is no means of
spark advance?  Have you put a timing light on it and revved it??
MV

At 07:29 PM 11/6/2006 -0600, you wrote:

>I'm now the proud owner of a 1987 Case/Ingersoll 444 garden tractor.
>I'm giving it a much needed tuneup, which includes replacing the
>condensor with a transistorized ignition module.  Well, that got me to
>thinking about advance curves...  The points are driven by the camshaft
>(single cylinder Kohler motor), and are kept to trigger the module.  The
>module I'm buying won't have any advance but it wouldn't be that hard to
>design one that did.  Can these little motors benefit from some kind of
>advance?





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