I was setting my timing at 10btc and the car ran really lousey and so I move it to maybe 20btc and it sounds better. What do I have wrong here, do I need to move the distributor gear one tooth? I did remove the spout plug to do this.
Thanks!
Ed

 

you sure your using the number 1 cylinder to time it?

 

Is this stock or with mods....such as a cam?

 

i am about to set my timing and i was wondering which cylinder is number one? is it the front one on the driver's side?

 

front cylinder on the passenger side is the one you want. The #1 Cylinder

 

....and I doubt you have 20* initial timing also. The starter would never crank the engine with that much initial timing.

 

You can do a down and dirty timing job by setting the timing at some setting that gives a good idle,then take 'er for a ride.If it doesn't knock under acceleration,pull over and turn it a little more.Repeat untill you get a knock under hard acceleration then back off a degree at a time untill the knock goes away.You can then get out the timing light and see what the timing is now set at.