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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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Hey all, need some advice on getting the spark advance table tuned for my BBC. I realize there probably aren't many if any Megasquirt users in here, but advance is advance, and I'm hoping someone can tell me if my advance table looks reasonable, and if not where I should look to make changes.

The engine is an all-iron 468, CR should be around 10.5.



I realize that at low vacuum I should probably have more advance in, but I'm not sure where.

Anyone have any advice?
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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Hey all, need some advice on getting the spark advance table tuned for my BBC. I realize there probably aren't many if any Megasquirt users in here, but advance is advance, and I'm hoping someone can tell me if my advance table looks reasonable, and if not where I should look to make changes.

The engine is an all-iron 468, CR should be around 10.5.

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I realize that at low vacuum I should probably have more advance in, but I'm not sure where.

Anyone have any advice?
You want (need) more advance at the low kPa points, not low vacuum points. It looks like you could throw in another easy 10-15 degrees on the low RPM, low kPa points, tapering off as the MAP kPa increases. And depending on how knock sensitive your combination is, you could end up using an additional 2-4 degrees on the higher RPM WOT (100 kPa) points. The extra advance ought to make it a bit snappier on the throttle, and easier on the exhaust valves.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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hey megasquirt
i had one of those on my turbo eclipse.
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