Originally Posted by chev78
i've got the distibutor pointing at #1 when the balancer reads tdc.so if i rotate the balancer to36 degrees and lock down the distributor that should work? i'll give it a try i've worked on quite a few sbc and this is the first time i've run into this sort of problem.
as for the cam its got a 4 degree advance ground into it and it stated in the instructions to install it straight up.this an 11.1 street motor will this hurt my hp numbers?
thaks seth
ok just make sure you take off the valve cover and make sure both valves are closed and the piston is at the top....just shine a flashlight in there and you can see yher piston at the top of you can get down there to it..if not a coat hanger or anything like that will do........make sure the distributer is dropped in pointing toward #1...then roll harmonic on around to your desired degree mark.. hit the igintion...you should be able to lock the distributer down right where you dropped it in.....
by reading your 1st post it sounded to me that you propbaly did aLL THAT I mentioned but you did not roll the balancer on around to the timing desired..WHICH WOULD RESULT IN LOW TIMING...WHICH WILL ACXT JUST LIKE YOU WERE DESCRIBING IT WOULD....
OR YOU COULD HAVE HAD BOTH VALVES CLOSED BUT THE PISTON BE AT THE BOTTOM OF CYLINDER...( A COMMON MISTAKE)..
if you do this properly it will work 100% guaranteed...
if you have any problems setting up the timing..give me a call and i will walk you thru it..864-607-6511.....if i do not answwer leave a message and i will call you back, when i am in the shop my cell phone doesn't pick up incoming calls..
BRIAN
let us know how it turned out.
Brian