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  1. schwinger

    318 advancing A lot

    Alright checked the mark with the piston stop and its 1 degree off, nothing way out of wack so im just gonna run it like that then, been like that for awhile and havent gave me any problems so i might as well leave it alone. thanks again guys for the info
  2. schwinger

    318 advancing A lot

    I do have an HEI setup from trailbeast but i'll check that and go from there.
  3. schwinger

    318 advancing A lot

    Sorry got that screwd up, i retarded it 8 degrees and I installed a new pioneer harmonic balancer which the timing mark matched up to my old one redfish. The timing light i used was from a friend which we both checked timing on my car and his at this road course event and his total timing was at...
  4. schwinger

    318 advancing A lot

    I was checking the full advance on my car for the first time and found out it was advancing all the way to 60 degrees. Was set at 0 degrees tdc at idle so i changed it to 8 degrees btdc and it advanced to 55, alittle lower but ran alittle better and i know optimum is around 36. but ive been...
  5. schwinger

    ignition issues

    connections to the bulkhead, were rusty/crapy looking so ill clean them up or replace a few and go from their. Replaced the ignition switch and lock that narrows it down to the connections then. but ill check it when its running like you said and get this figured out soon. i dont leave the key...
  6. schwinger

    ignition issues

    no it doesnt, but i didnt have an overcharging problem before, but now since i put in a new alternator in and rewired the wiring to the alternator its overcharging now so i think i got my wiring mixed up. CHecked voltages thru the balast like you said and its 10.60 volts key on from 12.15...
  7. schwinger

    ignition issues

    ill check it out and hopefully find this problem. also if a condenser is bad would that cause a short to ground? and also when i had the distributor out but wires still connected and when i had the key in the on position the housing on the distributor was sparking like crazy when i touched it on...
  8. schwinger

    ignition issues

    having trouble figuring this problem i have. car starts and idles good but after a couple minutes ballast and coil heats up to where i believe it kills the car. Its getting fuel, new filter, new fuel pump, carb is good, new sparkplug wires, spark plugs, fairly new distributor, alternator...
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