440 timing pinging and popping thru exaust

KAMSGTS440 said

73abodie don't be a smartaleck owning mopar since probably before you were born I know better than to crank on a mopar distributor but a dumb chevy guy wouldn't and yes I tried to reset it but since he turned it both ways I was not able to get it back to where it was initially set and the popping and pinging only happens under WOT...and yes I did put it under a light but what good is that without knowing just where to set this thing up at so I was wondering if anyone might have a similar setup with their 440 and could tell me what the appropriate setting was instead of snyde remarks like yours 73abodieadd

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Dumb Chevy guy... hmmm....

Ok, I'm confused. When did setting the timing on a Chevy and a mopar become 2 different processes? There is a pretty small range this thing can operate properly within. No marks on the balancer, well Mr. old guy, that can be fixed pretty easily. Since you have been in the game for so long, I'm sure you know what to do.

Plug the vacuum advance until you have this problem solved. It shouldn't be advancing via
the vacuum advance at WOT only light throttle conditions where it's making higher vacuum. Shouldn't be being the operative. It's just another issue you can isolate. ALso, make sure your dizzy is tightened down properly so it doesn't move when you are driving or romp on it.