Thread: Problems With Idle

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I installed it straight an didn't use any bushings. From messin around with it today, I feel that I just need to get the timing on and tune the Carb.

Here's where I'm at: I took the timing from 16 to 14 to see how it would react, It went back to sputtering at high rpm let off, it felt as though it lost power, but the off idle bump was more crisp. At 18 deg, it chokes right off idle alot more but picks up goes strong. It has noticeably more power. The idle is smoother at cold start-up and at 1000 rpm, under 1k it's really weak.

I noticed something new: I took off the vac adv and plugged the carb. Set the timing at 18 and ran the motor up to about 3k to see how it pulls timing. Then I plugged the vac adv into the Full Manifold port. When I went back to check timing, it hadn't pulled any additional timing, so I ran the motor up to about 3k to see how it pulls timing and it didn't seem to pull any faster than it did mechanically.

*Update
The vac adv diaphram on the dist is toast, I had to put in a different distributor. It pulls timing now. I checked the vacuum at idle, 8-9lbs. But, I had to set the timing at around 22 deg to get it to run right, then i put on the vac adv. The idle still won't go lower than 1k. I took it for a run and it pulled hard but when i let off the throttle at high rpm it would sputter, like before. I pulled timing down to around 18 and had ran to the store, when i went to start up, the starter could barely turn the motor and it ran like trash.

I'm thinkin that when i first set the dist the oil pump drive was off, causing the dist to be off. So I'm gonna set the engine to TDC and check it out.

Any suggestions? This is really kickin my butt