Quote Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5 View Post
On a side note just for curiosity sake I did back off the timing and took it for a ride, It couldn't get out of it's own way.
That's OK, because now with the total timing down in the safe zone you can put the lighter springs in the distributor to bring the total timing in quicker, which will help until you can get the distributor stops installed and the carb sorted out.