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Last night we drove the car and leaned out the carb (turning the screws counter-clockwise) in 1/4 turns at a time. It got better with each attempt until we had tuned it one complete turn and could pretty much push the pedal to the floor without any backfire / stumble. Darkness fell so we'll play...

Crackedback, Adding the 10 degree's helped alot. We took a 25 minute test drive and only twice was there a small back-fire and I think that is mainly due to the fuel mixture. Now I'll have to figure out if it's to lean or rich and adjust accordingly. Mech1nxh, Here are the pictures of...

RLINSOCAL, We ended up putting in a re-man distributor we picked up from Auto Zone. It made an instant improvement but we've been playing with the timing. Right now we're at 5-6 advanced and it still has a small backfire and is sluggish when accellerating. What is the optimum advance to...

We're hearing a strange metalic clicking/whiring sound that appears to be coming from the distributor when you lean down and put an ear close. The noise comes and goes and is more noticable once the engine has run for a few minutes. I believe I may replace the entire distributor. I haven't done...

Our car has back fired twice since we have had it. The Thrush Turbo swelled and developed a crimp in it's side. I want to get this issue resolved before putting a good set of dulas on the car.

Please keep us posted as I am dealing with the same issues. If I figure it out, I'll let you know. Shoot me a PM if you definitly figure it out.

We're having the same issue with our 1974 Dart w/318. Our timing is just a little "retarded" so we are going to loosen the distributor and adjust it just a tad, so the mark is just past the timing mark. We just need the proper wrench to loosen the distributor that a neighbor is bringing home to...