I had someone change my intake for me this weekend and they adjusted the timing as part of it - advnaced it 10 degrees. I've got a flat spot now and in a previous post someone suggested I redo timing which I will. Also, when warm the starter is cranking slowly (assuming it ovrheating). Can this be caused by timing being too advanced alos?

 

Absolutely. 10 degrees beyond stock timing is a lot. I would set it about 8 degrees BTDC and see how it acts. If sluggish, then tweak it a tad to maybe 6 or so. That's where mine sits......
How old is that starter?

 

Not sure - have not had any problems with it prior to this - car is running sluggish with a flat spot also. I'm going to pay with timing today. Stupid question but what does BTDC mean,

 

Before Top Dead Center Which means at 8 degrees in rotation before the piston is all the way up, the plug fires.

 

Yep, advanced Timing will cause it trouble to start when warm.

 

Not sure if he set it advanced 10 degrees above stock or set at 10 B. Bought a timing light today. I've never set timing before but have been readiing up. I white marked 6 degrees on crank. I'm assuming I plug the vacuum lines from dizzy, warm up car, clamp on #1 wire and aim light at crank. White mark should line up with alignmnet tab when 6B is hit with light flashing on it. Rotate dizzy clockwize to advance and counterclockwise to lower. Is this basically it? Do I need to worry about check RPM I don't have an extgernal tach. Appreciate the help. Everyday is a new learning experience on this car.

 

10 deg. will def. make it hard for a stock starter to roll it over. 6 or 7 deg. will satisfy...and like you said, make sure the vacume advance line is taped or pinched off before you do it.

 

I've got 2 vaccum lines coming off dizzy - assume I block both - correct?