60 degrees of timing?
10-01-2008, 07:39 AM
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Car: 89 formula
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60 degrees of timing?
last week i replaced my distributor with a msd pro billet, when i had it out i set number 1 to tdc and the mark on the balencer was at 0, now to get my car to run with out a backfire off idle the base has to be at about 30 degrees and full timing at about 60, i was thinking the ballencer spun but if it did it shouldnt have been at 0 when i set the timing, any ideas what else this could be
10-02-2008, 02:33 PM
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Re: 60 degrees of timing?
What was your timing at with the old distributor?
10-02-2008, 08:57 PM
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Re: 60 degrees of timing?
Sound like maybe you are a tooth off?
10-02-2008, 09:21 PM
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Re: 60 degrees of timing?
Really, so if I need to clock the distributor to clear something when setting the 36 degrees with the advance locked I can just clock the housing as long as the rotor stays in the same place?
That will help me out, thanks....
That will help me out, thanks....
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Re: 60 degrees of timing?
You can install the distributor in any position at all, as long as when the engine is in #1 firing position the rotor is pointing to whatever terminal you have the #1 wire on.
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Re: 60 degrees of timing?
the timing was the same with the old distributor but it would not hold time and it ran really bad so i just figured the problem was in the distributor, it was one of those msd knock offs from ebay
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