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Idle Speed & Ignition Timing

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Ensure idle speed and ignition timing are set to serpecification. For adjustment procedures, see the ADJUSTMENTS article in this section.

IDLE SPEED SPECIFICATIONS

Application RPM
900 Turbo 800-900
All Other Models 775-925
IGNITION TIMING (Degrees BTDC @ RPM) (1)

Application Specification
900 20 @ 2000
900S & 9000S 14 @ 850
900 Turbo & 9000 Turbo 16 @ 850
(1) Vacuum advance hose disconnected.