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I was advancing and not retarding afterall. I was told wrong by someone. Anyway I still have problems. I retarded it to get the idle back to around 650 or so but the car is still rich and runs real rough and has the shakes. It hesitates to and feels like I have no power. At one point I reved it a little and say a spurt come out of the throttle body. I was sitting in the drivers seat with the hood up so i am not for sure that is where it came from. When I slid the distributor back in the rotor lined up with my mark on the distributor so I asummed I was back at TDC. Could I be a tooth off o would the car not even run this way. Any how, because i don't have a light I am gonna go get it set tomm morn. Should I ask to have it set at 4 or 6 degrees or something else.

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1990 RS 305 TBI T-5
.5" turbocity spacer
Summit 14X3 OpenElement W/k&N
Hooker 3" Areochamber
MSD - Wires, Cap, Rotor, Coil
Bosch Platinum +4 plugs
Metallic Red w/28,000 Pampered miles
(Still have the original wiper blades)

 

Have them make sure the plug wires are on the right cyclinders. Two wires that are on the wrong cyclinders will make your car run like poo. What grade off gas do you normaly use? That will determine where you should set your initial timing. The better the gas the more advance you can use to a point.

[This message has been edited by steve8586iroc (edited August 05, 2001).]

 

I run 93 octane with no problems, always have. I am positive the wires on on right. I even labled them to double check.

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1990 RS 305 TBI T-5
.5" turbocity spacer
Summit 14X3 OpenElement W/k&N
Hooker 3" Areochamber
MSD - Wires, Cap, Rotor, Coil
Bosch Platinum +4 plugs
Metallic Red w/28,000 Pampered miles
(Still have the original wiper blades)

 

You sure you don't have any vacuum leaks? Plugs are all in good? I'm out of ideas, check the whole igition system.

 

Plugs, wires, cap and rotor are all brand new. i think I might be a tooth off on the distributor.


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1990 RS 305 TBI T-5
.5" turbocity spacer
Summit 14X3 OpenElement W/k&N
Hooker 3" Areochamber
MSD - Wires, Cap, Rotor, Coil
Bosch Platinum +4 plugs
Metallic Red w/28,000 Pampered miles
(Still have the original wiper blades)

 

Could be your distributor is 180 degrees off. Best way to check is by looking at the timing.

I run mine 4 degrees advanced with 93 octane and have no problems.

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92 Camaro RS, LO3, 5-spd, T-tops

Performance:
K&N Open Air Filter, Edelbrock performer TBI intake, Fastchip Prom, Timing +4 degrees, Centerforce clutch, Xact 8mm wires, SLP 1 3/4" Headers (coated), Flowmaster Catback Exhaust, Z28 Grille w/aftmkt fog lamps, MacEwen white-face guages
Electronics:
Alpine 8030 Alarm System, Valentine One Radar Detector (How did I ever drive without one?), Pioneer DEH 7450 Head Unit w/6-pack CD changer, Pioneer DEQ 7600 Sound Processor, 2 Kenwood KAC-846 Amps powering 2 12" Pro Red subs, 2 Pioneer 6x9 and 2 MTX 4x6 speakers.
NEXT UP: TBI mods, 3.42 gears w/Torsen posi

 

If you had the distributor one tooth off you should still be able to time the engine to run a lot better than it sounds like it running now. Might be time to take it to a good, reliable, trustworthy, honest, knowledgable, confident, professional mechanic that knows what he's doing and won't charge much to fix it. Know any? I sure don't.

 

if you had the distributor 180 deg off would it even run?

 

I read in an earlier post that it smoked after you put the intake on? What color was the smoke? The distributor can be several teeth off, you just got to rotate the dist to make up for it. Sounds to me like you have a large leak at the manifold. And if it smokes now(bluish or white) and didn't before i'd say you are either taking in water or oil. If it is black then it is just the mixture. Then you probably just have an air leak.

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1985 TransAm BLK/GLD Stock
1985 TransAm BLK/BLK
305HO (Its finally in) 5-speed, 3.27 posi, WS6, power everthing.
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