Thread: New motor woes...kinda

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Ok so i ran the motor up to 3500 and hit it with the light.....and it topped out at 52 on the balancer.....so that isnt right.

So i tried to retard the timing and the motor did not like that at all.

So i re-TDC'ed the motor and everything lines up just fine.

So i have the carb on the "out of the box" settings....i never dialed it in with a vaccum gauge, because i never liked the timing, that and the motor would only idle at 1000. When i dropped the idle down it would stumble and sputter.

So should i set the initial to 10-12?
And maybe dial in the carb the right way and hope it cleans up?

But the last time i tried this the motor shook very violently, and it was obvious something wasnt right.

So i am lost now. HELP!!!!!