Thread: timing on initial startup
Results 1 to 2 of 2
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks-
03-17-2007 06:05 PM #1
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Jan 2004
- Location
- Prattsville
- Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
- Posts
- 4,990
timing on initial startup
Ok, I know I'm thinking ahead now, but I know that I have to break in my camshaft by running 2k for 20 minuites, but on the initial startup, how do you time the engine when you cannot let it idle to find base timing?You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
-
Advertising
- Google Adsense
- REGISTERED USERS DO NOT SEE THIS AD
-
03-17-2007 07:31 PM #2
CHR Member
- Join Date
- Jan 2004
- Location
- Prattsville
- Car Year, Make, Model: '51 Chevy Fleetline and a Ratrod project
- Posts
- 4,990
I'm using a Duraspark II distributor. so in all effect, TDC on the compression stroke, put distributor in with rotor dead on #1 right? I can break in the cam with this?, or should I guess advance it a little ( or retard it ) right after it starts?
I bought a brand new reproduction balancer so I should be able to trust it to find TDC.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
Reply With Quote
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
Yep. And I seem to move 1 thing and it displaces something else with 1/2 of that landing on the workbench and then I forgot where I was going with this other thing and I'll see something else that...
1968 Plymouth Valiant 1st Gen HEMI