Hey guys, finally got everything together and got the gt40p combo with a bcam running! Im afraid to push on it so I cant really tell you guys the gains and my timing is WAYYYY off. Its actually a weird situation where my question arises. I have a timing light, jrichker stabbed the dizzy in for me once we started putting the headswap back together. I went to turn the car on for the first time, It was cranking for about 3 seconds and it came to life! I went to go adjust the timing, i have 14 marked in BRIGHT yellow, you cant miss it. So as the balancer is turning no sight of it! I think wow the timing must be REALLY OFF, so I start moving the distributor till i can finally see the 14 and it dies. I go to turn the car back on, starts up right away, and i say **** i forgot to take out the spout connecter, so I take it out and try to adjust it again, but 14 is no where to be found. I have where 14 was marked on my dizzy to the block, should I just move it back to to where it was and start over with the spout connecter out? I dont understand how the car would even start without even being able to see 14*. If the dizzy was stabbed right, not 180 off, and I put the marks togehter how could it be that off?
And also I had some concern about the rockers not being adjusted correct, and I was confident in myself that their adjusted right but they are LOUD, i hear its normal that they tick, but is it normal to be able to hear them over my bullet mufflers and o/r hpipe? At idle you cant hear them but once you accelerate their loud, and its more of a humming sound I guess cause their moving so fast, thats normal right? Is their a chance the rockers are hitting my valve covers? would it even run like that? They are pedistal 1.6 scorpion rockers and i have the frpp valve covers, and they cleared before and with the gasket i would think theyd be no problem. Other then that the car is running GREAT 2nd gear=no traction, ive driven the car for about 10 miles to work and back, and other then the timing giving me some problems i think its doing great.
The car was doing great and then I pushed it alittle and I hadent filled up the coolant compltley because it had to run through the system so it was overheating so coming up to a light i turn the car off, when it turned gree i went to start it again and it was cranking real slow, I tried again and it cranked slow but then started, could that be the timing being off? I can tell the timing being off is hurting my performance aswell. Any help would be appreciated.
And also I had some concern about the rockers not being adjusted correct, and I was confident in myself that their adjusted right but they are LOUD, i hear its normal that they tick, but is it normal to be able to hear them over my bullet mufflers and o/r hpipe? At idle you cant hear them but once you accelerate their loud, and its more of a humming sound I guess cause their moving so fast, thats normal right? Is their a chance the rockers are hitting my valve covers? would it even run like that? They are pedistal 1.6 scorpion rockers and i have the frpp valve covers, and they cleared before and with the gasket i would think theyd be no problem. Other then that the car is running GREAT 2nd gear=no traction, ive driven the car for about 10 miles to work and back, and other then the timing giving me some problems i think its doing great.
The car was doing great and then I pushed it alittle and I hadent filled up the coolant compltley because it had to run through the system so it was overheating so coming up to a light i turn the car off, when it turned gree i went to start it again and it was cranking real slow, I tried again and it cranked slow but then started, could that be the timing being off? I can tell the timing being off is hurting my performance aswell. Any help would be appreciated.
the car would be powerless with a 180 dizzy
And it definatly sounds like an exhaust leak, i gotta get the headers tightened up, ill keep you guys updated, i wanna take her out and beat on her! but i wont 
