Distributor problem
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:58 pm
Hi All,
What is causing my dissy cap to be "eaten" by the spark?
Seems like the distributor is too retard. In this photo, the rotor spins from right to left (since we are looking with the dissy cap flipped).
It seems that the spark is fired too early from the rotor and arcs to each point on the dissy cap. This arcing is melting the rotor cap. Car ran like sh*t last night. I panicked and check compression, (175-180 psi all around), cam timing, valve clearance, smelled plug for fuel in case some injectors aren't firing, etc.
I think maybe I need to advance the dissy a bit.
Any thoughts?
Car is running Autronic ECU and max advance is 30 degrees BTDC.
What is causing my dissy cap to be "eaten" by the spark?
Seems like the distributor is too retard. In this photo, the rotor spins from right to left (since we are looking with the dissy cap flipped).
It seems that the spark is fired too early from the rotor and arcs to each point on the dissy cap. This arcing is melting the rotor cap. Car ran like sh*t last night. I panicked and check compression, (175-180 psi all around), cam timing, valve clearance, smelled plug for fuel in case some injectors aren't firing, etc.
I think maybe I need to advance the dissy a bit.
Any thoughts?
Car is running Autronic ECU and max advance is 30 degrees BTDC.