'scuse Me While I Soil Myself!!!!

[69Rcode_Mach1]

I FINALLY FIRED UP THE STANG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 MONTHS!!!!!! AND ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!!!!

This thing sounds amazing with the high compression, lopey cam, and high flowing heads. Just a night and day difference the thing is LOUD!!! It is a big step up from 8:1 compression and 155rwhp.(see sig) Now the thing is sooooooo rich it just puffs smoke when you rev it, and now it is starting to run worse and worse. For some reason the timing light will not line up with the marks on the harmonic balancer so I have no clue what my timing is. I lowered it and it landed on 40 degrees any lower and it dies so I know something is definitely off. Any ideas? I will definitely get you guys some vids when we get her running right. Gonna try slapping a different carb on there and see what happens also. But I would like to get the timing set and then adjust the valves with the car on. First things first is this timing issue.


Feels great firing up my first built engine ever. ( Well first engine I started to build by myself, Detroit Diesels don't count)

 

[10secgoal]

If it dies when it below 40 deg, I would guess the light is hooked up to the wrong plug.
The smoking, if it doesn't hesitate when you rev it, i would look at the PV. Maybe with all the new mods, you may need to put in a higher PV to keep it from opening at idle, or check for HIGH psi in the lines, or a high float level.

 

[69Rcode_Mach1]

Yeah I will be swapping the carb and seeing how the other carb responds to it instead of the HP till I can get a decent jetting. I have it hooked to the number one plug.

Could the dizzy be off a few teeth or anything?

 

[10secgoal]

Yeah, if the Ddist. is off a tooth or two, you have it on what you think No.1. when actualy the plug next to it is. Put the motor to O deg by hand. Pop the cap and see where the rotor is pointing. It should be facing the wire you have plugged for number 1 cylinder + or - the few deg of intial timing. If not, the one it IS pointing to, is your real number one.