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To be honest I have not put very many miles on the car since I purchased it, hence why it is being sold. When I did drive it, the car drove well but I never drove it hard to see how it would handle. The stopping power is good as is the acceleration. When I purchased the car, the EFI was...

I purchased this car from a FABO member who performed a very well documented restoration on the car. I had intended to keep the car, however circumstances have changed and it needs to be sold. Since these pictures were taken, I have added a 71 shark tooth grille. Please let me know if you have...

I had a similar issue with my loading up, in fact the plugs are black when pulled them out. Did you try leaning out the AFR at idle? I have mine set at 15 right now and according to FI Tech I can go as high as 16.

Yes, getting it there and on my tach.

Yes, switched from Tach to 2-wire (don't think it is called that anymore). Does have spark as it tried to fire a couple of times before backfiring thru the throttle body.

I did get the system running without timing and it ran OK, was making some adjustments with the help of Kirk at FiTech. I actually thought the timing control feature would be an easy and straight forward change given the directions were fairly clear. I had done this before on an Atomic system...

Thank you for the info, a lot is predicated on the car running, which I am not there yet. If I set the rotor at 10* advanced as the directions show, I should not have to do this, I just don't have the skills for it. What is frustrating to me is following directions and have it not work.

I think I understand what you are suggesting, where I lack the talent is understanding 30 degrees versus 1 degree. Assuming advance would put the rotor slightly before the #1 location on the cap?

Not sure I am following what your suggesting. I have an MSD Pro Billet distributor and I probably lack the skills to determine if my rotor is 30 degrees advanced, not even sure how I would know this.

Haven't read thru this whole thread, but I recently purchased the FiTech 600 HP version from Pace, who by the way were really great to work with, having installed the unit without timing control just to get a feel for it has been a bit challenging, but I am making progress. So yesterday I...

Thank you, think I am going to give it a try.

Has anyone converted 1970 Duster grill to the 71-72 Sharktooth grill? Curious if this is an easy swap or if modifications are required. Thanks

Update. Took the car out for a drive, when I get on it, it is a bucking bronco. I retarded the timing to 20*, didn't seem to like that either. I did put the largest button MSD has which is 18* and the stiffest springs they have to slow the advance but may still have been too much advance. I have...

I was able to work on the timing tonight. I used the hillbilly tape approach, however in lieu of marking at 5* ATDC I marked at 10 to give me 20* advance at TDC mark. I have about 25* of timing in the car now and I think I can go more as there are no issues with starting but without driving the...

OK, thanks for the guidance on setting up the timing marks. Think I will start with 20* and see where that takes me.