Evil Bird
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Little background. Bought a basket case 66 Coronet with 383 & 4 speed. It's been sitting years, who nows how many. Changed the oil, pulled the distributor (marked location of housing and rotor) then primed it. It started right up, smoked for a hot minute and cleared right up. There was no hesitation and revs quickly. Sounded fantastic. So, we worked for a few months on brakes, steering components, fuel tank, etc. Got the car ready for quick test drive and it ran like crap. Bogging at idle with giving it gas, it was un-drivable. So had adjusted the timing to ear and got it close enough where it would idle and rev well with just a little hesitation. Put the timing light on it and it doesn't even register on the timing pointer. It is about 4 inches away from 0* BTDC. Did it skip a tooth some how? I'm at a loss.