Hey all! Thanks to RickB I now have my Factory Pro 4 degree advance ignition rotor. Thanks Rick, pleasure meeting you and doing business with you!

So I have questions. A whooole bunch. I searched, but need more. In return to all/any help i'd like to offer to take pics of my install and do a write up that might be considered as an addition to SHF's ever-growing Knowledge Base.


For those of you that have/had one of these units installed I ask the following, please and thanks;

1) what did you set your TPS resistance to (FP recommends 500 ohm as per Honda manual)? any problems (detonation, pre-ignition etc)?

2) did you need to use a different octane fuel? what was old/new octane values?

3) (assuming you already re-jetted your carbs BEFORE installing the rotor ..... ) did you need to re-jet your carbs? was the difference in jetting a large change?

Can't think of much else pertinent at this time as far as cause/effect(s) are concerned.


NOW, the installation stuff .....

I'm a gearhead, so this will be done by myself in the driveway. I'm confident this will be no problem. I've read through the manual and have a decent idea of what needs to be done (thank god the clutch doesn't need to come out! LOL!). I do have a question/concern about the cover gasket, though .....

For those that have removed the right side cover - what material is used for the gasket? I'm wondering if it's a re-useable gasket or if it's something that might tear/fail when I remove it. Also wondering why bother with a new gasket and why not just use RTV to seal it all up?!?!? One less part to order/wait for, which can sometimes be a BIG deal up here in Cana-duh.


All/any help is greatly appreciated. PATIA!