FW: RE: [Chrysler300] sluggish engine (392): it's all over now !

[" Jim McMullan" <macthehammer@xxxx>]

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From: Jim 
McMullan  

To: Philippe COURANT 

Sent: 9/17/2001 9:53:32 AM 

Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] sluggish engine 
(392): it's all over now !




Hi Philippe. Try this. Ground every other spark plug in the firing order. 
Start the engine on 4 cylinders. Advance the distributor until engine 
quits. Mark a line across the base of the distributor and the engine block. 
Retard and restart .Then retard until engine stalls and mark the engine 
block from the same line you used the first time .Set the distributor Half way 
between the 2 marks on the block.Lock it down.Reconect the spark plugs. Youhave 
just tuned the engine to your Altitude and the octane of your fuel.With some 
practice you will be able to do this with the engine running on all 8 
cylinders.Jim 


From: Philippe 
COURANT  

To: Chrysler 300 Yahoo List Server ;Fwdlk ;IML 
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Sent: 9/16/2001 4:49:09 PM 

Subject: [Chrysler300] sluggish engine 
(392): it's all over now !





It's all over now (Hugh: Rolling Stones ..) !

Remember that i had a sluggish 392. Now it's a wild hemi ! A

friend came at home this afternoon and he wants to try the car

(it's a mechanic). He tests the car like Schumacher on Monza

tracks and he found quicky that ther's something wrong. As he

pushed the gas pedal to the floor (i'm a little shy to do like

him) , we heard some detonations from exhaust (or air filter). He

told me " this engine isn't well tuned, let us see ignition

timing". At my home i explain him how i tuned the ignition but he

found immediatly that i was wrong. 3 weeks ago, I used a

dephasing timing light and i didn't use it well: i put 6° retard

from my well tuned engine ! So i ran 0° advance (that explains

poor performances and overheating in costs) !!!

As we hadn't the timing light we adjust with our ears. Another

test ! Waow ! Spinning wheel at rears, people looked at us, 
all

french, japanese, italian etc.. cars are behind... No overheating

now.

We haven't test top speed but i think we drove at 80 - 
85 mph

with a lot of "play" under the gas pedal..

Vive le Hemi !

 

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