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Old 09-28-2015, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Detroit Bill View Post
I did have a timing light on it and it did move smoothly up the RPM range. I was not able to see the numbers so I marked the balancer. I ran out of time so I was not able to check the actual timing.

It is not a vac advance dist.
OK, first things first then. With aluminum heads, mark 35 degrees on your balancer using some of your wife's finger nail polish. Confirm that your total timing at 3500RPM is right about that mark, give or take a degree, or whatever Barry spec'd you at.
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