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Timing Issues...

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  • Start date Start date Nov 9, 2007

Guero

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Why does my timing retard when I set it at 14, then when I keep it at a steady 3000rpm it retards to like 0.......
 

HISSIN50

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Oh man, didnt you have the same situation when you were EFI? I think so............

What sort of timing advancement do you have and how is it set up (vac advance and mech advance?). Also, do you use manifold or ported vac?

Are you sure you're lookin at the correct side of the zero mark when noting it's at 14?

Your car hates you brah.
 

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I dont remember..... Theres nothing on the Distributer hooked up except for the MSD6...........The Vaccuum is hooked from the tree to the carb...and yes Im looking at the right side cuz I think it stops at -10 degrees... and the advance goes up to 30+
 

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ttt
 

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So you only have mechanical advance [Little weights inside the dizzy]?

Are you really sure the magnetic pick-up wires are connnected properly to the box? If backwards, you'll not get any timing advance because you're sending the signal the wrong way.
 

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Theres only one way it will go in...The timing does advance but goes back down and retartds.....
 

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Wait a minute brah. Did you have a box when you were EFI too (I think you might have for the nitrous). As you know, the multiple discharge box can confuse timing lights. Right at 3K is when the multiple sparks change IIRC. Could we be on the right track here?

Also, with the pick-up, IIRC you want it connected whichever way has the timing most retarded. I know you said it could only go one way but it was worth mentioning..............
 
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