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... pistons. I have given you a blow by blow description of fitting and timing up and tensioning the cam belt. Looking at your pix, that cam wheel ... it to the point of runniong rough in advanced then the point or rough idle in retarted mode then found cernter as a make do for now intil my reply ...

... bent, the engine will need to come apart. Damo thanks damo but when the timing markls was spot on is when i had the issues b4 when its this way i ... done the comp test and that was fine i know the engine is very nocky at idle and running, but i thought it was lifters i tryed yet again today to ...

... sits behind the crank pully, from there you are able to see the bottom timing mark (don't put any faith into crank timing based on the flimsy plastic ... valves!!! very mild sound of slight ticking, followed by a terrible idle and a massive loss of power down low from bent valves! You 'may' get ...

... sits behind the crank pully, from there you are able to see the bottom timing mark (don't put any faith into crank timing based on the flimsy plastic ... valves!!! very mild sound of slight ticking, followed by a terrible idle and a massive loss of power down low from bent valves! You 'may' get ...

... fuel ratio and i gotta say, i am very shocked at the air fuel ratio at idle. i am getting between 11.5:1 to 12.5:1 at idle (between 750 - 850rpm) my timing is set to 15 degrees at idle. trying to get into the 14:1 mark but my car will refuse ...

... and the surfaces are polished, a crow cams billet camshaft keeps the timing in check with a rather subtle lump at idle. having previously run a T28 with the same car, i was a little disappointed in the way ...

... able to put it down to one particular thing. Mine with a stock computer idles all over the show... then again I removed the cold idle so at the lights ... the brakes and gas to keep it up.. Was very difficult to set the stock timing. With it idled up it does make a difference to timing. Much more ...

you wants lumpy cam, you get grumpy idle lol mine was around the 1200 mark to start with but played with timing( i had mtech as well) and brought it down to about the 900-850ish mark Im going to guess and say it a bit of a tradeoff when your playing with a single cammer

... forgies n a cam upgrade..my afm is in stock position..on cold start the idle would be at 2000rpm or 2200rpm at -18vacuum.. n then it warms up n the idle just goes hovering around 1000rpm at -10 - -14 vacuum n the timing is perfect... thanks ash i have the """" so it sounds ...

Hi E, my car hunts like crazy. but when i try to lean it out on idle, the car just wants to cut out. im runming 20 degrees adv timing at idle, it's the only way i can keep my idle stable. eg. when i brake at the lights, ...

Hi E, my car hunts like crazy. but when i try to lean it out on idle, the car just wants to cut out. im runming 20 degrees adv timing at idle, it's the only way i can keep my idle stable. eg. when i brake at the lights, ...

... home off boost and started to check things, first was the ignition timing which was spot on, then the plugs which looked like they were slightly ... still runs like a dog and cylnder 1 and 2 leads can be pulled off at idle with not much difference to the way it runs. i just checked the plugs ...

... home off boost and started to check things, first was the ignition timing which was spot on, then the plugs which looked like they were slightly ... still runs like a dog and cylnder 1 and 2 leads can be pulled off at idle with not much difference to the way it runs. i just checked the plugs ...

... evenly down to nothing at 5" Hg. Pull out 1 degree of ignition timing for every psi of boost you are running. Ie: 10psi, retard by 10 degrees. ... (overall) mixture trim over the current running map until it starts and idles. Your going to have a devil of a time getting that thing to idle ...

... works! Thanks a lot! :mrgreen: The engine is running 100% properly now! Idle up works, and the engine runs on all four cylinders at all revs. And ... any vacuum advance; does anybody know approximately what the ignition timing should be set to? About 14-15 degrees BTDC? With the old carby setup ...