My data logger, Cody holding the timing light on the damper during a run yesterday, say's, Dad, we got a problem."
Hello Houston?
This distributor is set for 24 degrees @ idle and full mechanical before 3,000 rpm, and it is only 26 degrees all the way to about 4,000 rpm where it begins to advance to a total of 31 degrees.
Hmmm? What if? Where is the glitch? Intermediate shaft to distributor, something catching in the distributor weights, the inexpensive ignition box from Summit? If nothing else I will lock the distributor mechanical advance out and just start at 31 degrees to see what happens the next time it goes on the dyno.
Back on the dyno?
Welllll, we have a small oil leak around the back of the pan. Oil pan or rear main? So, it is coming off the dyno and going back into the assembly room. And besides, this engine has no windage tray or crank scrapper of any kind right now. It will.
We've checked the valve lash and it is holding rock steady, but done no changes to see what effect they have. We will.
In the budget are 1.6 rockers. We'll see.
What can this engine do before it gets to the heads choking it? Inquiring minds.