[Chevelle-list] timing questions

2004-04-18 Thread Dan McIntosh
Hi all, I set my timing yesterday on my motor with the vacuum advance disconnected.. I set it at 8° BTDC, and it runs great.until I hook up the vacuum advance again, at which point it starts wanting to stall right off idle, and backfiring out of the exhaust.. any ideas what my problem

Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions

2004-04-18 Thread Mike Holleman
] Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] timing questions Hi all, I set my timing yesterday on my motor with the vacuum advance disconnected.. I set it at 8° BTDC, and it runs great.until I hook up the vacuum advance again, at which point it starts

Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions

2004-04-18 Thread Dan McIntosh
Scraping 1964 Impala S.S.http://www.lowriderimpala.com - Original Message - From: Mike Holleman To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions Dan, Are you blocking off the vacuum while you

Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions

2004-04-18 Thread tom
Malibu - Original Message - From: Dan McIntosh To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] timing questions Hi all, I set my timing yesterday on my motor with the vacuum advance disconnected.. I set it at 8

Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions

2004-04-18 Thread Wayne
your RPM range. Wayne - Original Message - From: Dan McIntosh To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions yes, I capped off the vacuum line while setting the timing.. the dist

Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions

2004-04-18 Thread Dan McIntosh
- Original Message - From: tom To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions Dan: What carb are you running? My edelbrockhas two vacuum ports, one designed for the older distributors that assume

Re: [Chevelle-list] timing questions

2004-04-18 Thread Danny Wilsher
Also check the timingwith the light after the vacuum is reconnected and let us know what it is .. could be something wrong with the mechanism in the distributor. I saw on one time that would retard the timing when vacuum was hooked up. Seems like I remember that something to do with the