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Engine Ignition Timing Issues 1985 Fox

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    advance runs rough timing

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So here's what i got:

1985 Mustang, engine from Summit (Blueprint Engines), Holley 4160 carb, rebuilt Metric AOD with 2400 stall converter, 8.8 rear with 3.73's. I got the car on the road last summer with the 'original' engine but found it was wore out so i never messed with the timing. Now that I've put my new engine in i am having timing issues. Here's what I've done:

Timing is set as the H.O. that Blueprint Engines specified.

I took out the spout, set the base timing to 14. It barely runs. I turned off the car and reinstalled the spout. I still have no advance and the car runs really, really bad. Pretty sure i had a 'poof' from the carb.

The car originally had the TBI but i removed it and replaced with a dual plane intake and carb.

I tried a new TFI module i had for the heck of it but it didn't fix the problem (obviously).

When i was setting the timing again i also tried again using a wire jumper to make sure the spout wasn't bad.

Is the fact the car is an automatic with that old TBI have the computer confused by chance?
 

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I think it will not run correctly with a carb and the tbi ignition components, that is a best guess,
 

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Thanks, I've been thinking that but wanted a second opinion per-se. Guess I'll grab a gm one wire setup.
 
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