I just put the eng. back in....383... 750 edelbrock carb, performer rpm intake....lumpy cam.. hydraulic. i dont have a timing gun handy so i put the timing at 8* on the balancer and put the dist. lined up with the # 1 wire. when i first fired it up it cranked and cranked, i checked for spark and fuel ..it was getting both. so i pumped the carb a little and it fired up. i have to hold it at about 3000 rpms or it slowly drops till it stalls. i richened the carb up and i could hold it at 2000 rpms before it drops and stalls. when it gets around 1500 rpms if i give it a little gas it backfires through the carb. is what im doing to set the timing by hand an acceptable way of doing it? seems like i have to pump the carb up a little for it to start on the first crank. it back fires alot if its about to stall while below 1500 rpms. im pretty sure this is a timing related problem?

 

Sounds like the timing is off and you're running lean.

 

Yes thats a timing issue , you are running too retarded.

 

i wouldn't touch the car or engine again untill i had a timing light, there's no way for you to know what you have without one. you might want to consider running the valves too, after you set the base timing.

 

yeah ....right after i posted this i went and advanced the timing and it ran great.. i didnt want to mess with the timing to begin with cause i thought i had it dead on..then i started thinking about the situation and i just advanced it a little. ive got to use a timing gun i guess..thanks guys.


hey mark.....i made a comment about your massive amounts of posts a few weeks ago...at 9, 000 something posts..dude your up to 11,000 !!!!!?????? im starting to think you are a posting program, as was once stated .....im thinking the editors of the web sit should hand out a reward or something.....you said you had alot of time on your hands at college.....do you take any classes, or do you just sit in the lobby with a laptop?? amazing..simply amazing

 

LOL. I'm only taking 13 credits this semester, I've been slacking.

 

My buddy ran like that in high school.

 

lmao, I was waitin for someone to mention that.

 

I dont think personal insuts will help