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instructions on timing my mgb #1
thegman Terry T Smyrna, TN, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Oct 7, 2015 12:41 PM Joined 9 years ago 41 Posts

I need to time my 1975 MGB. im ok with these tpyes of things when it comes to GM. I have never timed an MGB

Any one have a list of things to do?

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Re: instructions on timing my mgb #2
ohlord Rob C A tiny Island off the coast of Washington State, N.W., USA Sign in to contact 1957 Land Rover Series I "EYEYIYI" 1957 Land Rover Series I "OVRLND" 1971 MG MGB 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2" & more	Oct 7, 2015 02:06 PM Top Contributor Joined 12 years ago 28,878 Posts

Stock MGB engine?
Get out a timing light and set the timing
easy
takes 5 minutes
baseline specs from which to work off of and then fine tune are
13 BTDC @ 1500 rpm
Disconnect Vac
then go road tune to the fuel

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Re: instructions on timing my mgb #3
thegman Terry T Smyrna, TN, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Oct 7, 2015 03:21 PM Joined 9 years ago 41 Posts

Thank you for the super fast responce. would I rotate the distributor closk wise of counter clock wise?

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Re: instructions on timing my mgb #4
ohlord Rob C A tiny Island off the coast of Washington State, N.W., USA Sign in to contact 1957 Land Rover Series I "EYEYIYI" 1957 Land Rover Series I "OVRLND" 1971 MG MGB 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2" & more	Oct 7, 2015 08:31 PM Top Contributor Joined 12 years ago 28,878 Posts

CW to advance CCW to retard
if you have it running and just ignore dynamic timing at idle and 1500rpm
you can just disconnect and plug the vacuum
set a dialback timing light to 32 degrees BTDC and zero it out all in at 3500rpm 32 degrees

then hook the vacuum up again and go load test it on the road
You ar looking for best performance not best idle timing. thumbs up

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