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Help Cam Install ? Timing

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mike7581

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IF a cam is installed wrong what will be a sympton. my car runs best at 30BTC timing!!! could this be a sympton of a cam installed incorrectly. could the distributor be bad i originally had a msd which did the same thing as the stock one i have now. it runs best at 30btc and back fires like hell at 16btc. what is wrong????
 
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did you pull the little sprout connector out when checking timing?
 

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yes
 

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doesn't anyone else have some experience with cam installs
 
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