Dick, Remember that when the crank turns 360 degrees the camshaft only
turns half way around. You had the dist. 180 off. When you put a chevy
cam in with the marks facing each other you are at #6 for firing and #1
on the overlap split. Think about it.
Doug Odom in big ditch
Dick J wrote:
>
> After the proverbial backfire and fireball that
> takes your eyebrows off and makes your face look
> like you've been wandering in the desert for
> three days, I recalled that the previous owner
> had installed his cam 180 degrees off, with the
> timing gear marks both at the 12:00 o'clock
> position - an error which I had corrected.
> Unfortunately, I did not think about the wires in
> the distributor having to be moved to correlate
> to that correction. Once I got them all moved
> around the the proper locations, the small block
> fired right off and ran great. Noticeably more
> motor than I had before the head porting and
> solid lifter cam! Unfortunately, the radiator
> sprayed coolant everywhere. There were numerous
> small leaks which I had not noticed before, and I
> will be replacing the radiator this week. Oh
> well, one more week of beans and rice! But hey,
> that motor sounds good!
>
> =====
> Dick J
> In East Texas
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