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Old 05-13-2009, 08:09 AM
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The timing issue was discussed by the tech not directly related to this issue but as another area that needed to be addressed in the overall set up of the carburetor. Contradictory to some of what has been posted we do find many of the carb issue caused by guys that do not have enough initial or base timing in the motor at idle .When advancing the base timing as mentioned you do need to recurve the distributor so you do not have too much total but raising the base timing and then recurving the total to the same as what you had will not cause engine damage and infact in many cases the car will start easier and be more responsive.

In regards to butterfly positions it is best to start with both the front and the back open the same on these cars [approx .020 of the transfer slot showing] and adjust the idle speed from there. If you find it will not idle with the transfer lsots set square then you will need to either advance the base timing [if low] or open the idle-eze up. basically the idle-eze is there to take pressure off the butterflies if you find the motor will not idle with the transfer slots at .020 or less.

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