On the Carter/Weber dual setup you need to have both chokes hooked up to a "key on" electrical source. You may have to readjust your idle mixture after getting them both wired. If I remember correctly, Langdon included a pig-tail with double electrical connections.

As for the timing....I'm running the conventional dizzy with an Ignitor I which just replaces the points with a magnetic pickup so I do a little T&E adjusting with a timing light and vacuum gauge. I pick up the vacuum off the large port on the center of the intake and normally adjust to maximize my vacuum reading and then retard (CW) 1" of vacuum. I added a little tang on the driver's side of the timing cover and I mark it as a starting point. (I've already marked the Harmonic balancer at TDC to correspond with the center of the timing tang I've added) A short road trip to make sure it's not pinging will let me make a couple very minor adjustments and I've found it's easier to check or reset the timing than trying to peer through the timing port above the starter. I have some pics of the setup in my webshots album.

I added it to the driver's side because I have the alternator mounted on the passengers side and it blocks my view. Just have to be a bit careful running the timing light wires over the top of the engine.

Tapping the starter is great....the C/W setup works great but had to richen my mixture a bit when our stations all switched to the E10 blended fuel. Also suggest you make sure your standard rubber fuel lines are converted to the blue-lined ethanol rated lines to avoid problems. I run my regulator at 3.5 psi. If you're running a liquid filled fuel pressure gauge in the engine compartment and notice 0 psi....applying a wet rag to the gauge will get it back to reading correctly.

Dave

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