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Re: Wandering in the desert

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Wandering in the desert
From: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 07:35:03 -0700
        Dick, Remember that when the crank turns 360 degrees the camshaft only
turns half way around. You had the dist. 180 off. When you put a chevy
cam in with the marks facing each other you are at #6 for firing and #1
on the overlap split. Think about it.  
                        Doug Odom in big ditch 

Dick J wrote:
> 
> After the proverbial backfire and fireball that
> takes your eyebrows off and makes your face look
> like you've been wandering in the desert for
> three days, I recalled that the previous owner
> had installed his cam 180 degrees off, with the
> timing gear marks both at the 12:00 o'clock
> position - an error which I had corrected.
> Unfortunately, I did not think about the wires in
> the distributor having to be moved to correlate
> to that correction.  Once I got them all moved
> around the the proper locations, the small block
> fired right off and ran great.  Noticeably more
> motor than I had before the head porting and
> solid lifter cam!  Unfortunately, the radiator
> sprayed coolant everywhere.  There were numerous
> small leaks which I had not noticed before, and I
> will be replacing the radiator this week.  Oh
> well, one more week of beans and rice!  But hey,
> that motor sounds good!
> 
> =====
> Dick J
> In East Texas

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