Advancing Cam Question
If you moved the crank clockwise looking at the front to engage the woodruff (which is usually about 1:30 to start), you retarded the cam.
I'm not going to try and figure out the picture. The crank should have turned towards 12:00, counter-clockwise, to advance the cam.
The crank got turned clock-wise, though it went against what I thought was right. My buddy was very sharp about stuff like that, so I went with what he said (on our stocker). Seems he was wrong.
My crank gear must be marked wrong. I checked several times to make sure I was lined up with the "A".
It’s pretty simple to degree the cam and have an intake centerline number to reference rather than guessing where the cam is, or where it moved to, or how accurate the timing set is. Just get a degree wheel and do it right.
I have the tools to do it. I put it on 108, what MP recommended. It was easier because the engine was on a stand, and the intake manifold wasn't on. I did it the way I did this time, because it has hydraulics and I didn't want a bleeding lifter to throw me off, nor did I want to pull the manifold to put a solid lifter in it.
I did it to try to help it pull harder on the track, as I mentioned. I guess I'll find out the cam being retarded helps!
When I go the changes will be: the cam retard, taller tires (26 to 28), a vent whistle in the primary side, and the jetting I had in the summer (72-75 instead of the 74-77). So that's too many things. I can always play with jets and take the whistle out, but the tires and cam are, of course, staying.
I didn't expect this to get so involved. I'm no technical writer, so it's hard to follow.
Thanks to all who helped.