Richard,
I'm a bit concerned about your setting of the static timing to 24BTDC.
Hopefully this was just a typo. This is quite a bit too advanced. I
believe on a stock engine, the static timing spec is probably more
around 12 or 14 BTDC. And it sounds to me like you may have souped up
your engine somewhat (triple carbs), so if you've increased your
compression ratio you probably want to retard the static timing back to
10BTDC or so. If have 9.7ish compression with triple carbs, and run
with 10BTDC timing. Be very careful that your timing is not too
advanced, you don't want detonation to blow that newly rebuilt engine!
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Richard Seaton <rsh17@msn.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who provided the valuable info on breaking in my
> cam.
> After connecting the three carbs, swapping out a fuel line with a pin
> hole
> leak, topping up with water, I began trying to get the thing running.
> Set the
> static timing at 24 degrees BTDC as in the book and she just didn't
> want to
> fire. Well she did twice but extremely loud back fires don't count.
> Sounded
> like some drive by shootings in the hood. I rechecked the plug wires
> and a
> couple were in the wrong place. Tried her again while adjusting the
> dist,
> then.....LIFE, quickly got the idle up to 2,000. Then let it run for
> 20
> minutes. Only had one small water leak around the t stat housing
> which was
> fixed by tightening the two bolts and a small fuel leak at one fuel
> pump line.
> Just tightened that too.
> She ran well enough, had a slight stumble while revving and
> couldn't richen
> up the adjustable needles in the carbs. I'll look into that later.
> But for now
> it sure is nice to here the sweet six's throaty exhaust again.
>
>
> Richard Seaton
> RSH17@msn.com<mailto:RSH17@msn.com>
> View My restoration @
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