Welcome aboard, Brad!!
You are off to a good start here with your picture post.
What do you feel that you need to learn about your Kar? There are many helpful people on this forum.
-Fred-
Welcome
I’ve never had a dual point distributor, not to mention one without vacuum. Will my old vacuum gauge be a useful tool when fine tuning or will I just need the dwell/tach meter and my timing light? My balancer is marked for 12 degrees and I know I should “shoot for” a total of 38 to 40.
Could it really be that simple?
You are correct on the dwell/tach meter and timing light. The more advanced timing lights have an adjustment to easily read the advance. With todays' fuels, 38 to 40 total may be a little too high, but you will know right away when driving. Yes, it is that simple.
-Fred-
Thanks Fred, I just picked up an Innova timing light, that has tach, dwell and advance features. The car runs good, but there is a slight hesitation initially, when depressing the accelerator. I’m guessing, it hasn’t had a valve adjustment in quite so time, also. I’m going to have to do some reading...I’ve never adjusted valves before...can’t wait!
If you called me or gave me your number, I could call you. I can talk you through a very easy valve adjustment with no mess. I will not be available this weekend.
If your timing is correct, a hesitation is usually in the carburetor. Another thing to discuss.
-Fred-
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