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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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Timing Specs.???????

I was wandering if anyone knew the timing specs for a 76 360 2bbl..All the books i have looked at so far,says "see under hood sticker"...Mine has no sticker under the hood..Thanks in advance.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 01:09 PM
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Hello Blue oval & welcome to the site

You can find the info you're looking for in the FE engine series forum.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 10:46 PM
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i power time my truck..forget the light..just drive it up a hill and tweak the timing untill it stops knocking
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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6 to 10 btdc. 6 is factory but 10 is better.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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Set that with the vacuum advance disconnected and plugged.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 02:55 AM
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Set that with the vacuum advance disconnected and plugged.
I never have figured out why they tell you to disconnect the ported vacuum advance. If it is working right there is no vacuum on the ported vacuum at idle. Plugging it doesn't make much sense either as there is no vacuum to plug.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 10:56 PM
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Because they knew somebody like me would try fumbling his way through it.

"If it is working right": Unfortunately not every one knows what "square one" is, or where to find it.

If it's not working right: At least a bonehead like me could get the initial right.

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Because they knew somebody like me would try fumbling his way through it.

"If it is working right": Unfortunately not every one knows what "square one" is, or where to find it.

If it's not working right: At least a bonehead like me could get the initial right.

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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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I have a 1975 f250 390 4 barrell and the sticker on the valve cover states: 14 btdc, idle at 650 rpm. This is original as i bought the truck new.

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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:58 PM
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timing

I got this from fe faq
"The factory timing initial advance specs on the FE are 6BTDC. Increasing the advance to 10 - 12BTDC can greatly increase your throttle responsiveness."

what will give the best fuel economy?
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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Usually more timing = more fuel economy, power, and efficiency, as long as you're not pinging. There are some engines that wont ping even when set for more timing than the setting that produces the most power, but this is a rare occurance for a pump gas burning, street driven engine. Also, it's not just a matter of more or less timing, you've also got an advance curve in there, so you could have too much at one rpm and not enough at another rpm. Then you throw vacuum advance in there... it gets complicated.
 

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