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Synchro909 · 05-30-2020, 06:34 PM

Getting the best out of your A (bad mental image there) is a balance between ignition timing and fuel via your GAV setting. Have you fiddled the GAV? If so, I suspect the timing is retarded.

rivcokid · 05-30-2020, 06:48 PM

Yes - worked the GAV while traveling with little effect.

1crosscut · 05-30-2020, 07:24 PM

Give it another go. Perhaps you just had a brain fart and didn't do it right.
The NuRex is pretty bullet proof for getting you close.
Did you have the spark advance lever in the full up position?
Or possibly didn't get the cam screw tight enough and it moved on you.

Once your timing is set you shouldn't have to mess with it for a very long time.

05-30-2020, 06:34 PM	#1
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,041	Re: Timed my roadster - now runs worse Getting the best out of your A (bad mental image there) is a balance between ignition timing and fuel via your GAV setting. Have you fiddled the GAV? If so, I suspect the timing is retarded. __________________ I sometimes wonder what happened to the people who asked me for directions. Even at my age, I still like to look at a young, attractive woman but I can't really remember why.

05-30-2020, 06:48 PM	#2
rivcokid Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 193	Re: Timed my roadster - now runs worse Yes - worked the GAV while traveling with little effect.

05-30-2020, 07:24 PM	#3
1crosscut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 2,011	Re: Timed my roadster - now runs worse Give it another go. Perhaps you just had a brain fart and didn't do it right. The NuRex is pretty bullet proof for getting you close. Did you have the spark advance lever in the full up position? Or possibly didn't get the cam screw tight enough and it moved on you. Once your timing is set you shouldn't have to mess with it for a very long time. __________________ Dave / Lincoln Nebraska