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    Timing advance question

    Finally got around to checking the dizzy out. Completely disassembled it and the only thing I found out of sorts was was the arm from the vacuum canister was not engaged in the hole completely. The hole had a pretty big burr. Cleaned it up and reinstalled everything. Reset air gap on pickup and...
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    Timing advance question

    I am going to start with the wires first. That is a possibility since I wired a plug onto the MSD box harness. Will then look into rotor button phasing. Not sure I have my brain wrapped around this completely yet, but I see how to check things. My oldest son turned 7 today, so I havent had much...
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    Timing advance question

    The CR is 9.322. I checked the marks on the damper when I degreed the cam and it was about 1 deg. off. That is why I put a timing tape on it. I am having to retard the dist. some to get it to start, but then advance it back to get it to idle smooth out. I am thinking something in the dist. is...
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    Timing advance question

    I degreed this cam in. It is a Hughes engines cam, and I was insturcted by Dave at Hughes to concentrate on the intake closing. It came in approx. 1/2 degree off.
  5. M

    Timing advance question

    I have a fresh 383 on a break in stand and am puzzled about the timing. After the first startup everything seems fine, except it wants around 40 degrees of advance to idle smooth. I have the vacuum advance unhooked at the moment and have a timing tape on the balancer for true TDC. New mopar...
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