just rebuilt runs bad

6tfo said

Thanks guys. Both of you just posted some really great information and opened a new troubleshooting path for me.

I'm going to put a timing tape on the harmonic balancer and measure when each #1 valve opens and closes. This should really tell if the cam is installed correctly, shouldn't it?

Thanks so much.

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That's right, just make sure you are watching when the valves just start to open. It might be hard to see when the valves are just closed. If you had a dial indicator to read when the valve moves it would be better but if you watch closely you should be able to get pretty close.

Did you ever get a better explanation why the original timing set wouldn't work?