possible bad converter?

[Cranky]

pumped the intake full of smoke and had some wafting in the valley.. very little and i think it was blowby from the cyls that have open valves.. i pumped a lot of smoke in.. this weekend i'm gonna loosen the valves and do it again with everything closed off just to be 100%

k.. for todays stupid question.. since i have my motor apart someone told me i should put the cam at 107, howards says 103 and i have it at 103.5 right now.. anyone else thing this should be at 107?

also.. old converter should be at fti tomorrow.. interested to see what they find

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Years ago I helped a buddy advance his cam in the pits. I thought that was going to be somewhat of a job but he had everything ready and got it done fairly quickly. The car was already in the high 10's. IIRC we ended up with 3 degrees more and the car went a full tenth quicker! When I was building HP street engines, I always advanced the cam 4 degrees and never had a complaint.

 

[icetech]

Years ago I helped a buddy advance his cam in the pits. I thought that was going to be somewhat of a job but he had everything ready and got it done fairly quickly. The car was already in the high 10's. IIRC we ended up with 3 degrees more and the car went a full tenth quicker! When I was building HP street engines, I always advanced the cam 4 degrees and never had a complaint.

K.. i'm just gonna leave it where Howards said to.. gonna start getting it back together this weekend.. still no idea whats with the timing crap.. waiting on a new balacer to show up (if they have it in stock.. the one i want is near impossible to buy it seems)

 

[Cranky]

K.. i'm just gonna leave it where Howards said to.. gonna start getting it back together this weekend.. still no idea whats with the timing crap.. waiting on a new balacer to show up (if they have it in stock.. the one i want is near impossible to buy it seems)

Don't remember if you posted that you were using a degree wheel or not but I started using one many years ago after a buddy 'killed' a couple sets of new valves using the dot method. I used it even with bone stock engines and added some advance to them too.

 

[33 IMP]

Right now i doubt it would hit 180 Will figure it out.. i have a buddy with a chassis dyno but i won't let him near my car.. he hates anything not chevy soo much that i don't trust him not to kill it on purpose, won't even let him help me bleed brakes.. it's that bad.

Wow!

 

[33 IMP]

I was gonna comment that I'd run it at 101, but since I'm no cam guru, and barely know what I'M doing......

 

[icetech]

I was gonna comment that I'd run it at 101, but since I'm no cam guru, and barely know what I'M doing......

Yeah... i know enough to bolt stuff together and make it work "Usually" never had issues like this so i'm kinda stuck and if i thought 101 would help i would try it Don't really wanna take this apart again though. Only need to use this motor through the summer so it's not that big of a deal, just rather have it working properly.

 

[icetech]

Don't remember if you posted that you were using a degree wheel or not but I started using one many years ago after a buddy 'killed' a couple sets of new valves using the dot method. I used it even with bone stock engines and added some advance to them too.

yeah, i degree'd it 3 times cause it was my first time and wanted to make sure it was right. i'm pretty sure it's fine.. the motor is just a bad combo.

 

[dvw]

yeah, i degree'd it 3 times cause it was my first time and wanted to make sure it was right. i'm pretty sure it's fine.. the motor is just a bad combo.

The cam is ground on a 103 intake C/L and a 115 exhaust C/L. So it's 109 LCA straight up. 103 Intake C/L would be 6 degrees advanced. If it's weak down low you certainly don't want to retard it.
Doug

 

[Cranky]

yeah, i degree'd it 3 times cause it was my first time and wanted to make sure it was right. i'm pretty sure it's fine.. the motor is just a bad combo.

I've dealt with a few bad combo motors before....a few engines too!

 

[icetech]

The cam is ground on a 103 intake C/L and a 115 exhaust C/L. So it's 109 LCA straight up. 103 Intake C/L would be 6 degrees advanced. If it's weak down low you certainly don't want to retard it.
Doug

thanks doug, that's what i was worried bout.. will leave it alone.