Henry's 70 Dart Swinger

yar! right now it is at 20 degrees in idle, in neutral. i had the vacuum advance on the timed port...but it said in the manual it was for emissions controled vehicles...so i moved it to the non timed port, which said for non emmissions control.

i guess i need to move it back to the other timed plug then.

when we rev the motor up to about 2500 or so i'm getting about 45 degrees....then if you flog it...it goes to 60 degrees.

right now i have the idle in neutral set to 1500 because if i drop it in drive any less then that the car runs like poop and trys to die. up and down up and down...shaky shaky...normal...repeat. but at 1500 idle neutral....the drive idle is at about 900 rpm. so sayith the old *** gauge in the dash.

i do have a vacuum gauge, thanks for reminding me of that!

i believe the reason my idle in neutral has to be so high is becaus of the 20 degree timing....i think i should go to 15 and then adjust carb again to see what i'm getting.

i figured since 7 1/2 was the max on stock according to the book...that 15 with the comp cam is pushing it. 20 to me sounded way too much, but i didn't want to argue. i could be wrong too, idk till i try.

the carb actually runs pretty damn good out of the box. i think the primary jets may be a bit too rich...but i'm not sure what stock was.....the eddy has .095 primarys. the old primarys on the old carb had a number 402 or something on them. sounds like a part number, not the spec.

the dizzy is a brand new one, rebuilt unit from oreilly. looked great to me. popped the pertronix in and went fine. i may need to review the pertronix instructions one more time incase i missed something to do with the timing with the ignitor II unit.

when i go back to the old youtube video my dad made...the car is idling at 1000 rpm in park....so something is def not right. and you are right...when it had the old stuff on it...at 1000 in park...it only dropped a 100 or so rpm in drive. never tried to die out.