last minute help in getting rig running

[jasheehan]

Ed,

Get rid of the spaghetti pipe, or just use the ones that are needed. Yes, the ASV's go bye-bye.

 

[Fj60Ed]

Thanks, Im just getting ready to tear most of my emissions stuff off, the only things im not going to take off for the time being is the egr , because im getting a set of headers, and the smog pump, because im getting the idler for it. but i went out and bought some 1/4 npt fittings for the local hardware store for the air rail and have traced most of my lines im just still a little unsure on a couple routings. I will be removing the charcoal canister, a/c(will be selling the whole thing, unit works) The high altitude on the distributor, since i live in michigan i can just cap it right? also the line coming out of the charcoal canister that goes to the carb, can i just block that off also? Thanks

 

[2mbb]

1 more thing: I just put the engine at TDC (the line) and pulled off the dissy. It is pointed completely opposite of where I think it should be. Shouldn't the rotor point directly at the # 1 cylinder? It's pointed opposite #1. Did I put the dissy back in 180 degrees out?

The TDC line will align with the pointer at Top dead center of the compression stroke and top dead center of the exhaust stroke for the #1 piston. The distributor rotor should be pointing to the #1 cylinder wire on the cap only at TDC fo the compression stroke. So, you need to make sure (1) you are on the #1 compression stroke, then bring the piston to TDC. You were probably at TDC on the exhaust stroke, if the rotor was 180degrees off.

I agree that if the distributor were installed 180 degree's off, the engine wouldn't run at all.

BTW, the distributor rotates once (360 degrees) for every two rotations (720 degrees) of the crank.

 

[2mbb]

Thanks. I connected my secondary the the carb as per the wire diagram in your second post. I have both of those diagrams. I'll rev to see if I'm getting vacuum from the carb. I checked for leaks on the intake using a little starting fluid and I can't detect any idle up.

If you look closely, you will see that the two diagrams cfdlighthouse posted show different connections for the distributor advance. For the OEM (smogged) set up, the inner port on the distributor vacuum diaphragm is for the primary advance. The outer port is for the HAC. The first diagram shows this routing. The second diagram shows using the outer diaphragm port for the primary advance.

I don't know how the outer diaphragm works. The HAC provides an addtional 7degrees or so of advance, but I don't know if that diaphragm only pulls through 7 degrees of advance, or whether it can pull all the primary advance plus an addtional seven degrees. If it's the former then you may not be getting enough advance. Someone like Jim C would know for sure which port to use.