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Just went through this, your distributor is off, and your timing is retarded.
Do this, loosen slightly the distributor hold down nut, just enough so you can turn the distributor. Now with the car running turn it clockwise, and I bet you the car will start to sound better and the idle with pick up. If so, then it is exactly what I said.
The headers are red because the timing it retarded (late) so raw unburnt fuel is pouring down the headers and turning them red.
The temp. rises pretty quick, I still have a fan clutch and I have not installed the fan shroud I guess that is why my temp goes up so fast, what do you guys think? Next step is electric fan
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