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Subject:Re: compression & advance
From:Linda Bartnik
Date:Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:07:57 -0400

Tom Young wrote:
>
> Sean:
>
> My book calls for timing 4 to 6 degrees AFTER TDC.  If you're really
> timing BTDC then you're too far advanced.  This if for Hall effect
> distributor.  Don't know about points.

Tom,
Yeah, but that's for you California guys to cut down on emissions :-)
My book calls for 7.5 * BTDC for the non-California vans (points and
condenser ignition)

Sean Bartnik
Johnson City, Tennessee
'81 Vanagon L Westfalia