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

 

anyone

 

What was your timing at with the old distributor?

 

Sound like maybe you are a tooth off?

 

No, being a tooth off doesn't affect the actual timing measured with a timing light, it just means that the distributor housing is clocked differently with respect to the block.

 

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....

 

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.

 

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