05-19-2009, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Carlsbad,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
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Originally Posted by race-it
I brought #1 piston up to top of cylinder. "O" Mark on damper lined up with
top strait edge of pointer that said "time". With idle set a 700 RPM, damper was 36 to 38. Should have said 12 to 14. I moved plug wires back and forth one hole to see if that would help. Engine would not run in either changed position. I pulled distributer and moved one slot, same thing. Is my pointer wrong. Engine runs good but pointer lines up at 36 to 38. What do you think is wrong. With a dial timing light do you have to mess with the damper setting?
Jim
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Did you undo the vacuum line to the distributor and plug the hole first?
When you revved it a little, did the number get larger. If not, your timing light is measuring total advance.
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