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Hey guys just needing some key info on my fox I just got, it's a 1990 lx with a swapped in 351w and t5. My fuel pressure is kinda low and before I tweek it I need to make sure the engine is in correct time, and I was wondering can anyone help me with the proper time it needs to be in and how to read it on the harmonic balancer? I can see on the engine where to read it and the numbers on the balancer but I'm not sure exactly how to use the metal bracket that's on the engine to read it, the bracket looks like it is cut to read it, just not sure how to, any help would be awesome, cause if the car is in time then tweeking the fuel should be easy but I don't want to tweek it and then have to change the timing and tweek it again. thanks guys. I can try to post a picture of the bracket I'm talking about later on in case my horrible description doesn't help haha.
 

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Do you have a timing light?

10 degrees is base timing, although if you run higher octane gas you can usually get away with 12-14 degrees.
 
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yea my buddy has one who said he will help me, i just needed to know what degree the timing is and how to read it with the little metal bracket around the harmonic balancer so i dont mess it up
 
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