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General Category => Willys Forum => Topic started by: sasteel on August 11, 2024, 08:27:05 AM

Title: ignition specifications for 161 engine
Post by: sasteel on August 11, 2024, 08:27:05 AM

Looking for timing, point gap, and plug gap for 161 6 cyl Kaiser Supersonic engine.

Title: Re: ignition specifications for 161 engine
Post by: Chris Luecht on August 11, 2024, 09:09:13 AM

Plug gap .030
Point gap .020

Title: Re: ignition specifications for 161 engine
Post by: Fid on August 12, 2024, 04:18:35 PM

If you look in the shop manual, it specifies the point gap at .020 for Autolite distributors and .022 for Delco distributor equipped. My experience  has been that the Delco systems work much better with the points gapped a .020