440 timing pinging and popping thru exaust

crackedback said

You don't need a digital timing light or timing tapes using a hillbilly timing tape. It uses the std 10-0-10 marks as well. Good god damn that's convenient! Some people like to save money, count me in. Been timing cars with a 30 year old inductive timing light and HTT method, no fancy or sometimes finicky electronics required.

Good luck with it.

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sure but borrowing a digital timing light is even better and easier but just where do you set the init advance???its just not setting up @ 10 deg advance this particular setup needs more advance...I just don't know where...my distant memory says 17 degrees advance but I am not sure(1 year ago which was when I last worked on it it still either popped or pinged around this number, I would have worked this out by now but medical issues prevented me from it) ...and then if I do get the correct setting and it still either pops or pings what might be the secondary problem as 1967_cuda suggests?? bent pushrods???