| My father bought his first Moskvich in 1954, and since then he had several cars of this make. Myself, I became a car electrician, and when mat father asked me to give his present car, a Moskvich 1500, a service and a tune up, I discovered something interesting. The distributor was not at all adjusted, it gave full advance ignition as soon as the engine turned. Later I discoverd the same thing on all Moskvich 1500 s from the early 1970 s. After adjusting the distributor and the carburetor of my fathers Moskvich, using technical specifications from a similar hemi engine, it was like driving another car. It ran perfectly on low octane fuel, the power was increased and the gas consumption went down to about 0,6 liters per 10 kilometers. The technical specification I used was for a French Chrysler engine, 1.6 liter, model 1972. The construction of this engine is quite similar to the Moskvich engine, including a 10 degree basic adjustment. If any of you have a Moskvich from the early 1970 s, this adjustment might be worth trying. The Moskvich carburetor do have an adjustment screw for the CO-emission, but straight from the factory they are adjusted and sealed at more 10 % CO |