RichardH
AKA The Mad Hat Man
Thanks Russ - how could I have missed that - but it seems like a lot has happened this week.
Car is now running much better. Not sure of the cause, most likely the cracked and damp distributor cap.
Because a few things were looked at - it might be an accumulation of things, however we found out today why it wasnt running properly after the Holley rebuild and the disty removal and replace. - It was the STATIC TIMING!!
To be sure that everything was "spot on" before it was restarted - it was statically timed again. What none of us realised was the Pulley timing marks were way off - Or to be more precise - it appears that there are two positions for the timing pulley marks - I have the pulley for one type and the block marker is for the other type - so when we were statically timing the engine - we were timing it about 45deg out - no wonder it wasnt running very well (to put it mildly).
Re-timed it today and it runs. Woohoo!!! Even did a couple of runs on the Dyno. Have to fine tune it tomorrow. Initial dyno run data below, albeit I was expecting a bit more than 230BHP (265 lb ft).
Car is now running much better. Not sure of the cause, most likely the cracked and damp distributor cap.
Because a few things were looked at - it might be an accumulation of things, however we found out today why it wasnt running properly after the Holley rebuild and the disty removal and replace. - It was the STATIC TIMING!!
To be sure that everything was "spot on" before it was restarted - it was statically timed again. What none of us realised was the Pulley timing marks were way off - Or to be more precise - it appears that there are two positions for the timing pulley marks - I have the pulley for one type and the block marker is for the other type - so when we were statically timing the engine - we were timing it about 45deg out - no wonder it wasnt running very well (to put it mildly).
Re-timed it today and it runs. Woohoo!!! Even did a couple of runs on the Dyno. Have to fine tune it tomorrow. Initial dyno run data below, albeit I was expecting a bit more than 230BHP (265 lb ft).
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