Jerm Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Got the dirty old mk5 cort... thought i would set the timing... found out it was about 2 degrees to advanced so iset it at 8 degrees before TDC as stated in the haynes manual. But the car seems to run and idle alot smoother but seems to go a bit slower....? thats wierd aye?... i noticed the distributer cap was pretty fucked as well though had white shit on the contacts and looked pretty worn.. so i cleaned them a bit and stuff could that be the prob?... Cheers Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacov Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Have you try opening the points up abit? that will make it go abit faster. i had a mate with one of those timing lights he used it on my cortina made it go crap as took me awhile to get timing back to where i had it. had it abit advanced. but idle fine and went quite good but then again it was semi-worked engine also you try changing the carb settings? make it run rich will eat abit more gas but will make it go faster!!! i dont have the cortina anymore sold it but keep it in the family. Dad has it now lol ended up getting me a 1991 subaru legacy haha and at the moment im looking at doing a 2.0L conversion on a escort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 The timing in the Haynes manual was from when the cars ran different fuels than nowdays, as such with today's crappy fuel it's more of a guide than anything, slightly adjust (usually advance) the timing until it's running nicely. Corrosion or build-up on the dizzy cap contacts could also be a problem, but if you sand them off with very fine paper or scrape them off and there's no big chunks missing out of them, it should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYKOV6 Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 hi there, 2 litre cortys are a fairly hi comp engine. on new gas they ping like f#%@ that is why it idles and starts better with the timing advanced but runs like shit with your foot down . try easing the timing back or try some octane booster or avgas. having white stuff in the dissy cap certinly wont help either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Cort 2L: Comp ratio: 9.2 : 1 Max engine speed : 6300rpm Max power 74kw @ 5200rpm Max torque : 113 lbf @ 4000rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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