ignition timing adjustment help!!!!!!!!!

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wayneE30
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Post Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:49 pm

has any one ever done this ??? just want to know how its done as haynes dont help cheers :P
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Post Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:35 am

This is M10 carb, with conventional distributor isn't it?
If so, you loosen the clamp at the base of the distributor and turn it.
The timing on all other E30 engines is set by a toothed wheel on the crank pulley or by magnets on the flywheel, and can't easily be adjusted.
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Post Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:19 am

brian mate got to ask do u like sleep with haynes and bentley manuals :lol:
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Post Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:45 am

They're all under his pillow!
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Post Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:05 am

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