Header Glowing Red

[NotchAbove]

Double check your timing. Have you pulled out your distributor recently ?

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[1988TTOP]

i have have but to check that it wasnt 180 off timing is set at 10 the car runs great at idle it only back fores went u open it all the away up if u easy into it dont do it

[shawnk007]

your not running a points dizzy are you?

[mjr46]

check mixture and base timing and total advance

[mjr46]

check mixture and base timing and total advance

[NotchAbove]

More than likely distributor. What you described is retarded timing.

Pull plug #1, turn engine with 15/16 ratchet over with finger over spark plug hole when you feel air pushing out, that is the compression stroke and where you want to be. Once you feel that look at the harmonic, you should be coming around to TDC -0-. Keep rotating it to the pointer lines up with 10*. Now open your distributor cap, look at the rotor, if you are correct about being at 10* the rotor will point right near the #1 spark plug terminal on the cap. If not, its wrong and you should pull it out and get it to point near the #1 terminal.

Then hit it with a timing light. GL.

[projectresto83]

Yup, I had the exact same problem and I was a couple of teeth off but I still read 10 deg on the timing light. My balancer had spun so when I thought I was on 10 I was on more like 30. Glowing headers, backfire thru carb, all of it.

[1988TTOP]

which 10 do i go off of

[mjr46]

there are 2 on the balancer, 10 ATDC and 10 btdc, YOU want 10 btdc

[1988TTOP]

ok thats what i thought i did that last night and and it run about the same