Hehe I have been fooling around with my timing for the past 2 weeks. I'm no expert by any means but this is what I did from Mini_Crank's advice and Dr Mini's expert knowledge, and it works really well. There are more ways to do it but this one is piss easy and it works:
1) Undo the dissy clamp nut just enough so you can grab the dissy and turn it with your hands
2) turn the idle up to 2000rpm via the carb idle speed screw
3) turn the dissy clockwise really slowly until the revs start to rise and stop rising
4) turn the idle back to 2000rpm
5) turn the dissy anti clockwise backwards so that the idle dies down to 600rpm
6) turn the idle speed screw so that it idles at 1100rpm again
You will be pretty useably close to correct with this neat trick.
Notes:
1) Mark the dissy on this setting (I use liquid paper
) so you know where near perfect is and can always get back to it.
2) Is your engine stock or modified? I have a 1152cc, a ported 12G295 head with big valves, mild road cam and a dellorto and it likes it at least 7-8 degrees more advanced (Clock wise). Anything less than that and it runs like a VW on heat...
3) if you are too far advanced it will kick back at startup when it's cold. If so turn it back 1 degree at a time until it starts perfectly. Mine doesn't like it at this setting so I have to rig up some sort of kill switch to start the car
Else it just does rewtrewtrewt *bzzzz* at startup
4) If it's too redarded then from low revs there is no pick up or power. You will notice when it's retarded, you step on it, big noise but nothing happens
I'd like to thank the Dr Mini Acedemy
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