Thread: Restoring Rusty
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Old 10-06-2016, 11:32 PM   #4845
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Re: Restoring Rusty

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Originally Posted by Gregski View Post
so a quick update, well it turns out I am not a shmuck and the distributor was in there correctly
The rotor is and was in the right place, but you ran out of adjustment in the distributor. Moving it over a tooth puts the body in a more adjustment-friendly location, and you should be able to get some more base timing (I'd like to see at least 15° base with your cam, maybe more).

All your fueling is going to be dependent on your timing - if you're not running the same base timing as you were before, your fueling will be off. Get your base timing back to where it was, and you ~shouldn't~ have to muck about too much (other than you might have a lot more vacuum and compression now).
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