I tore the head off the bolt that clamps down the dizzy after setting the timing, pulled out the dizzy and was able to drill out bolt successfully. After putting the dizzy back in and re timing, it wasn't accelerating well. So I took the dizzy out again and decided to try to setup from scratch.
These are the steps I took are the correct? Also Dizzy is an DUI HEI.
took dizzy out
took number 1 spark plug out
put car in 4th and jacked 1 rear tire
rotated rear tire to set BB to 7 degrees BTDC and made sure that there was compression on cylinder 1
put dizzy back making sure it was flush and that it would turn oil pump and tightened
put dizzy cap back on and where ever the rotor was pointing I connected spark plug 1
then in clock wise connected spark plugs 5,3,6,2,and 4
started car and set timing and idle
after i took it for a spin, it felt low on power/acceleration
when setting the timing I couldn't advance it as far as I wanted to because a coolant pipe was in the way.
Can someone please confirm that the steps above are correct, I would like to do it again but inserting it in a position that the vacuum doesn't hit the coolant pipe when trying to advance/set timing. Am I correct that it doesn't matter in which position the dizzy goes in as long as it seats with the oil pump and when i put the cap back on I line up spark plug 1 on the cap with with where the rotor is pointing?
Thanks!!!
These are the steps I took are the correct? Also Dizzy is an DUI HEI.
took dizzy out
took number 1 spark plug out
put car in 4th and jacked 1 rear tire
rotated rear tire to set BB to 7 degrees BTDC and made sure that there was compression on cylinder 1
put dizzy back making sure it was flush and that it would turn oil pump and tightened
put dizzy cap back on and where ever the rotor was pointing I connected spark plug 1
then in clock wise connected spark plugs 5,3,6,2,and 4
started car and set timing and idle
after i took it for a spin, it felt low on power/acceleration
when setting the timing I couldn't advance it as far as I wanted to because a coolant pipe was in the way.
Can someone please confirm that the steps above are correct, I would like to do it again but inserting it in a position that the vacuum doesn't hit the coolant pipe when trying to advance/set timing. Am I correct that it doesn't matter in which position the dizzy goes in as long as it seats with the oil pump and when i put the cap back on I line up spark plug 1 on the cap with with where the rotor is pointing?
Thanks!!!