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Advance Components (Capri)

Ignition advance is controlled by a centrifugal advance mechanism within the distributor, and by a vacuum advance mechanism. See IGNITION TIMING in ADJUSTMENTS article in this section. If centrifugal advance is not within specification, service distributor. See CENTRIFUGAL ADVANCE SPECIFICATIONS table. Replace vacuum advance unit if vacuum advance is not within specification. See IGNITION TIMING table. Also see IGNITION TIMING in ADJUSTMENTS article in this section.

CENTRIFUGAL ADVANCE SPECIFICATIONS

Application Degrees BTDC
Non-Turbo
1500 RPM 0
3500 RPM 21
5500 RPM 25
Turbo
1200 RPM 0
3500 RPM 12
5500 RPM 18