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    Arrow timing...

     



    ok ok... timing my buddies vett'. nothin special 350 882 heads, cam, 0010. bracket master II lunati. 292, 230 @ .050 480/480. idle timing was all the way up to 18, when "all in" timing set at 34*. this is where it runs the best. i didnt think it was possible to be that far off? something wrong?

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    Just the usual, is it the correct timing pointer for the balancer, has the outer ring on the harmonic balancer slipped??? A quick check is to pull #1 plug, run the piston to TDC and make sure the timing pointer and the mark on the balancer are lined up...
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    what kind of distributor? might be it needs re-curved with different sized bushing... only getting 16* of lead from idle doesn't seem like much... what is idle rpm? If it's high it could be you already have some advance in at idle.

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    accell HEI. nothing done to it. idle is set up around 850-900.

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    I think it should drop back at least 20*. Sounds like you've got some advance already in at idle. Springs too light? Some HEIs are set up to bring in 5-6* as early as 900 RPM. Light weight springs can bring in timing as low as 500 RPM.
    Last edited by Henry Rifle; 08-16-2008 at 11:22 PM.
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    ill deffinetally tell him. well let ya know how it goes!! thank you guys.

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