quote:Originally posted by accobra:
Your telling me ...... LOL
No .. really its set at about 5 or 6 degrees initial and advances to aporx 30 at about 3500 rpm ... I rebuilt the carb and installed a 55 power valve and only idles when it warms up.
Have no vac leaks tested it ... do you think the vac adv diaphram has a leak and I'm loosing vac. it has 6.5 when warm and 9.5 when hot.
Didnt have enough time Sat to figure it out ..but I'm on it along with a thousand other things ..LOL
Ron
What cam, heads, intake manifold are you running? Your initial/total timing is off by about 10/8* assuming a conventional, moderate iron head motor. What happens when you advance the timing to 14/16* initial according to your balancer?