Can I time this without a pointer?
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Can I time this without a pointer?
Hey Guys, Help me out, I put together a 89 mustang 5.0 engine together and went old school on it. I put a flat tappet lumpy bump stick in place of the roller cam and went with the good old holly 4bbl. I started with a stripped long block so I used all my 1969 302 parts. anyway, I dropped in the dist and because of the high rise intake I can only advance or retard about an inch back and fourth, Also I have no pointer on my timing cover, I got #1 up on comp stroke matched it to #1 on the cap and vroooom she fires right up, the ol gal is running a little hot, and I dont know how to time it with my intake hitting and no marks down below, Also can I take off the vac advance? it would let me turn the dist more.....Help. Thanks guys
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You can time it with a vacuum gauge.....advance to the highest vacuum reading then back it off a little. If it pings, back it off more. It will run without the advance can, but not nearly as well at idle and off idle...
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Hey Guys, Help me out, I put together a 89 mustang 5.0 engine together and went old school on it. I put a flat tappet lumpy bump stick in place of the roller cam and went with the good old holly 4bbl. I started with a stripped long block so I used all my 1969 302 parts. anyway, I dropped in the dist and because of the high rise intake I can only advance or retard about an inch back and fourth, Also I have no pointer on my timing cover, I got #1 up on comp stroke matched it to #1 on the cap and vroooom she fires right up, the ol gal is running a little hot, and I dont know how to time it with my intake hitting and no marks down below, Also can I take off the vac advance? it would let me turn the dist more.....Help. Thanks guys
Curious if you have std or reverse rotation water pump and also pulley setup? Common thing for overheating is turning waterpump opposite direction of what it was intended for.
Looking for trouble not knowing where your timing is at.
Sounds like your dist is off one tooth. Just move it the one tooth so you can get proper advance.
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