Thread: New to Pulling
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Old 10-28-2014, 10:54 AM
bschmittling bschmittling is offline
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Originally Posted by J-Mech View Post
Probably should pull the fluid. Fluid creates drag. Plus, move-able weight on a pulling tractor is what you want. That way next time your too heavy, you just take off some weight. Fluid is for pulling plows, not so good in tractor pulls where wheel speed is more important.
Going to remove the fluid this weekend. That way I can pull on the 1000 lb. class and 1050 lb. class.

One of the issues I am having with the rpms may be my timing. I can't see the timing mark but the original owner put a white dot on the flywheel that he used for timing. What I don't know is if it is TDC or 20 degrees before TDC. My point gap is set on .016 right now and it starts and runs fine, even wide open, but it doesn't want to go over 3600 rpm. If the timing was too retarded, would that affect the rpm?
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