New Motor In and Running!!

crackedback said
Nice job J... :cheers:

If the timing mark is on the drivers side, should be on a 73, you want the balancer mark ABOVE the '0' mark to get the timing in before TDC. If it's below the "0", you are really retarding ignition timing. I'd put 10-12 on it at least.

Got to get timing right before messing with carb adjustments.

I was just about to PM you, Rob, to que you in. Lol, I was at the Vons shopping center last night @ 10 pm tuning on the car with a timing light. I had a group of teenage kids gathering around the car watching me. It was kinda funny. All of that just so I don't p#$% off the older gentleman across the street.

Anyways, right now, the timing mark at idle sits at 3 degrees above 0 or TDC, presuming the dampner is not spun, which it shouldn't, as I set the #1 cylinder to TDC with that timing mark. I know before, on the previous combination, I was running 5-8 degrees after TDC, so maybe I need that much again. I tried setting to 5 after TDC, but the idle came way up and it dieseled upon shutdown. Maybe the carb is fooling me and the idle speed is set too high and maybe it actually needs atleast 5 degrees after TDC at idle. What do you think?

How about anyone else?