timing ?'s

[XFlow_Fairlane]

I know this is bad....but as a base line I haven't touched my timing since I got the turbo running....I know it was a little weak like 10 degrees or so inital...maybe 8

but at highway speeds and in the upper RPM I don't have alot of umph to it. BUT when I had the vac unhooked it seemed to pull stronger up top. so as a valuable topic what should I be doing for timing? I was looking at hookingup a hobbs switch I have to my duraspark for the start retard to act as a poor mans boost retard.

 

[Anonymous]

That's an idea.

Is your balancer accurate? You'll need to find true TDC to be sure. Then you'll know what your timing is really at.

Boost gauge yet??

 

[XFlow_Fairlane]

no boost gauge yet (waiting on a paycheck or two....not turning it up until then anyway) I have no idea if my balancer is right or not...but when I was running the 5200 carb this summer it was pretty doggy but gave steller milage assuming that was a weak timing setup I assumed that it would still be safe for the turbo to run with.

 

[Anonymous]

it was pretty doggy but gave stellar milage.

Probably was just really lean.

You get any pinging at all?

 

[XFlow_Fairlane]

no none at all. well that carb was a as jetted by ford 74 5200 ....so was jetted lean....and I needed to mod my linkage so the secondaries were barely opening....

maybe I will pick up a bolt this weekend to mess with the balancer and checking it out.