Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson View Post
Try setting your total timing first, usually all the advance should be in by about 2200 RPM. Try holding the RPM steady at about 2500 RPM, set the total timing, then see if it will idle down to check the initial timing. Oh yeah, without going back and reading all the posts, are you using vacuum advance or just mechanical advance in the distributor?
I’m trying to reset my carb after messing with all the adjustments. I am running only mechanical advance. The engine builder told me not to run vacuum advance on the motor so I have that blocked off on both the carb and the distributor. I pulled the distributor and rechecked all the timing, set rotor exactly on number one and 0 tdc and now it won’t start. So I have to figure out what happened now. It cranks strong but now no start.