John,
> Well, has the distributor been recurved? If you have a late-model
> distributor, it provides 35 degrees total mechanical advance and
> the base timing (idle speed, vacuum line disconnected) is zero degrees.
> Yuck. Rotten off-the-line performance, but if you bump it up, you'll
> get pinging at the high end.
It has been recurved, but then on the high end I don't get pinging as
expected, just missing.
> You're off a tooth. Pull the distributor, turn the shaft one tooth width,
> turn the OIL PUMP SHAFT too and drop it back in. Good for you that
> you know about that second adjustment!
I'll move the gear and give it another try.
Dana
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