Coil and flywheel gap?

[evildomain]

How big should the gap be between flywheel and coil be and how does it affect


the engine? I read somewhere it needed to be about the width of a business


card. Will it affect performance if it's less or more?

 

[RampageHopUps]

The business card is what I use. The magents are what fires teh coil when its pins past them. If you have it too close, ther eis a chance the aluminum glash on teh flywheel will hit it. Too far away and you won't get a good enough charge.

 

[evildomain]

One of those things I always wondered about...thanks for clearing that up...

 

[evildomain]

Hey Rob,


What's the best way to check the carb area for air leaks?


If my truck is just sitting there and I smell gas in the carb area even if it has not been


running for days, is that normal?


Thanks..

 

[roccos_van]

The business card is what I use. The magents are what fires teh coil when its pins past them. If you have it too close, ther eis a chance the aluminum glash on teh flywheel will hit it. Too far away and you won't get a good enough charge.

Rob's right I just replaced a bad coil and we did the business card method

 

[hamster huey]

Business card here too. After you do a couple you can eyeball it. After you think yuo have it set where it need to go make sure you rotate the flywheel a couple of time to make sure it does not contact the coil pickup, the flywheel usually has a few high spots. Visually check out your carb, get new gaskets for it they are cheap, or spray some wd40 where you think it leaks and see it the rpm go up.