just rebuilt runs bad

JoeDust451 said
Don't know if this was discused in an earlier reply, Seeing its acting the same with another dist. it could be the MSD box or a slipped balancer, If the points act'd the same "timing wise" i'd suspect the Balancer, Did you ever fined TDC to make sure the balancer lines up at 0 on the tab?

You say it runs nice at 45 BTDC, but runs poorly at 15-20*, I hope you mean at idle on that 15-20 & not max advance, because it will not run good there, have you tried 35-36* max from the 45*??

Thanks, I used a piston stop to verify TDC and the timing mark lined up perfectly to zero.

I'm getting the best idle and throttle response when initial timing is set for 45* BTDC. The more I retard the timing from 45* the worse the engine runs. The motor will stall out, even when increasing the idle speed, once I get around 10 BTDC or below.