set timing for 302
#1
set timing for 302
i installed a new timing chain and damper the marks on the damper go from 0,10,20,30,40 are they in 2 degree increments? i checked with a timing gun and my timing is at 10 what should the correct timing be, i read 6 degree's
#2
If it looks like this, yes. And factory spec is 6° for most 289/302. However, no two engines are exactly the same, I like to increase the timing until I start to get a little "ping" under heavy acceleration. Then back off 2°. My 289HP is real happy at 14°. One thing you should do, though, is get your distributor advance curves set properly. It has to be removed and put in a distributor machine, which is a dying art. I have done a lot of these, and never saw one that was right before tuning. getting the curves done right can turn a dog into a tiger.
#4
so when your numbers say at 1500 rpm you should have 10 degrees of advance I just made that 20 @3000?! (if initial was 12, I aimed for 32)
makes perfect sense in my head, but noone ever confirmed
Kalli
#6
I have no clue what it was at before the gasket.
#7
I believe (someone correct me) Glazier does do them? Send it in and get it done ... ?!
b) as 2+2 already mentions. if you hear "ping" under hard accelleration retard by two degrees and try again. ping (pre-detonation) slowly but surely wrecks the engine. if excessive quite sudden
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