Centrifugal advance
Definitions
Mechanism that advances the ignition timing as engine speed increases
Gerry community context
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- Too much ignition advance ??
Historical mailing list · Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:09:27 -0500
Have any of you ever noticed your timing advance too much at higher rpms ? I have a stock centrifugal/vacuum advance distributor on my...
- Re: Centrifugal Advance problems
Historical mailing list · Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:01:49 -0700
...Centrifugal Advance problems >I have an 81 air cooled vanagon (non Californian). > The vacuum advance works fine. The problem is that I > am not...
- Centrifugal Advance problems
Historical mailing list · Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:14:24 -0700
...The vacuum advance works fine. The problem is that I am not getting any centrifugal advance. I verified this by shinning the timing light...
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