No, you need to dial it in "NOW". You don't know how much timing you have in that engine and incorrect timing can and will cause engine damage so it's time now to get it right. Why on EARTH would you not? It's a five minute job.
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MDchanic
Connoisseur d'Junque
True, that. And, really, the whole reason we have these cars is not to drive them, but to mess around with them, which keeps us out of • Jail; • the Nuthouse; • the Wife's way.
– Eric
MDchanic
Connoisseur d'Junque
Thank you. I didn't want to keep being the jerk.
Rotate engine until the score on the damper is where you can get to it, possibly on the bottom.
Clean the Bejeezus out of it.
Mark it with some chalk or contrasting paint.
Remove the timing scale (I forget whether it's one or two screws).
Clean and mark that, too and reinstall.
Can you STILL not see it?
If not, rotate to TDC.
Make a mark on the damper and some thing adjacent somewhere you CAN see.
Use that as a guide as you advance to "too much" and then retard to "just right."
A dial-back timing light would be helpful here.
(I find it impossible to turn the distributor the exact same amount every time, so I need a reference to see where it ends up when I tightnen it down).
– Eric
Sounds easy in hindsight. But the engine had multiple problems from sitting up for 25 years. Every thing I did made it a little better. Its not done yet. I do understand it needs to be timed properly as I have a 406 sbc that I have sprayed a 700 shot of nitrous at least 50 times. I will probably have to put a timing tab on the other side of the engine as in order to see the mark I will have to pull the a/c compressor. I feel its still a little retarded but at least I was able to cruise at 70 on the highway with no problems.
Thanks again guys. Pic of my little truck @144
MDchanic
Connoisseur d'Junque
If you've built that, then you know what you're doing.
It's certainly easy to get lost in the details when you're bringing something back to life after many years.
If you really, absolutely can't see the timing scale, you can definitely do the circumference calculations and draw or scribe a scale onto the balancer corresponding to a tab or point on the block or on a bracket that you can see.
There are also guys out there who have built and sprayed \6s, and they can be made pretty punchy! I saw a video somewhere of some Aussie racer with a \6 with an 8k redline.
Sounded great!
Glad you got it going right!
– Eric
It's certainly easy to get lost in the details when you're bringing something back to life after many years.
If you really, absolutely can't see the timing scale, you can definitely do the circumference calculations and draw or scribe a scale onto the balancer corresponding to a tab or point on the block or on a bracket that you can see.
There are also guys out there who have built and sprayed \6s, and they can be made pretty punchy! I saw a video somewhere of some Aussie racer with a \6 with an 8k redline.
Sounded great!
Glad you got it going right!
– Eric
You can put a timing mark ANYWHERE on the balancer you want in order to see it. Just bring the engine up to TDC #1, put your mark somewhere that it's easily seen and make a new pointer. You could have a mismatch of parts leading to not being able to see the mark.
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
Gonna need to see that “kit” also.
Not much really fogger nitrous setup from induction solutions. I have a millions pictures of the truck. Sadly we lost it in a fire. But I built another.
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
Sorry you lost it. That’s a killer little truck. And must have been rowdy to spray 700 down it.
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