Well, I finished swapping heads on my RB and fired it up to run for a minute to season the freshly-recoated headers, check for leaks, etc. I static-timed it, just like I always do, to be at about 20-24 degrees at idle. It was running kinda rough so I got it warmed up enough to idle on it's own and checked the timing, and it was reading 50 BTDC at idle! I backed it down to about 22 and it calmed down considerably, but just by the direction the vacuum can is pointing tells me something's not quite right. Gear was inserted with slot parallel to crankshaft, just like always. Romac balancer is still fairly new and confirmed accurate.
The tach needle bounces around abruptly, and at one point my A/F meter quit and then restarted.....and no I don't live in the Bermuda Triangle.
I'm using electronic ignition (FBO's box and coil) with a standard alternator and aftermarket tach, which all worked fine 3 weeks ago when I pulled the old heads.
I triple checked the distributor and plugs/wires and everything's where it should be, grounds are all reconnected (couldn't be that easy).
Okay, sooo...I did add a Trick Flow intake, which has no coil mounting provision. So, I moved my coil to the fenderwell down on the other side of the alternator, in (what I thought would be) a nice out-of-the-way spot.....and I'm wondering if it's now too close to the alternator and they're interfering with each other? Later I am going to temporarily move the coil to see if anything changes, but does that sound like it's even a possibility? I don't know what else could've happened...
Thanks everyone
The tach needle bounces around abruptly, and at one point my A/F meter quit and then restarted.....and no I don't live in the Bermuda Triangle.
I'm using electronic ignition (FBO's box and coil) with a standard alternator and aftermarket tach, which all worked fine 3 weeks ago when I pulled the old heads.
I triple checked the distributor and plugs/wires and everything's where it should be, grounds are all reconnected (couldn't be that easy).
Okay, sooo...I did add a Trick Flow intake, which has no coil mounting provision. So, I moved my coil to the fenderwell down on the other side of the alternator, in (what I thought would be) a nice out-of-the-way spot.....and I'm wondering if it's now too close to the alternator and they're interfering with each other? Later I am going to temporarily move the coil to see if anything changes, but does that sound like it's even a possibility? I don't know what else could've happened...
Thanks everyone
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