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Old 03-26-2011, 07:31 PM   #21 (permalink)
Kyleyadon
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OCDobject - '74 buick Apollo
90 day: 12.18 mpg (US)

Black Tardis - '13 Kia Soul Base
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It's kinda sad, that I can set my timing by ear better than my mechanic did with the "proper" tools. Wasted a tank and a half of gas because the timing was too far advanced and the idle speed was set too high to compensate for it. Would have realized that was the problem right away, but I had faith that my mechanic did his job right and discounted that possibility. I'm still interested in swapping the auto for a stick shift, but I think that for the money, my next move will be to install a capacitive discharge multiple spark unit. I'm looking at either the 6AL or the street fire from MSD.

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