Thread: 350 spits fire when static timed

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Rick, considering that you told us in your first post that you stripped the engine down to basics, then came back with a new manifold, new carb, new Accel Dizzy and new coil; then later told us that you have no way of knowing anything about the lower end/balancer/timing pointer, etc. I think that Tech's advice of a Damper Doctor rebuilt balancer with matching pointer is a great idea to remove that from unknowns column. Looking at Tech's links the rebuilt damper is $62 and the pointer is less than $8, so for less than $100 you know that you're solid on the timing marks. Sounds like a good plan to me if you've decided to stick with this engine, but before you spend that money it makes sense to verify TDC and index your damper to the pointer you have. Even if the damper is bad it doesn't change your spark timing, it just makes it difficult to set your base timing. That Accel distributor may be causing your problem, as has been pointed out.