Thread: After fix-Now I got PING or POP...SBC 400

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Thanks fellas,
Just a few thoughts...I kind of thought it would it might also help to say how I exactly did things.

1)Valve setting: Removed all rockers from both heads and replaced 4 lifters w/ 4 new ones because 2 had popped out. Other 2 were replaced just because I thought they might have been bad because they didn't have "spring"-I then proceded to set the valves per Crane cams instructions by just starting at #1 and set them on the drivers side and then switch to pass. side.

2)Timing: Installed distributor w/ oil pump shaft pointing towards exhaust on #5 cylinder and rotor pointing directly towards #1 cylinder. The dizzy dropped right in.Brought engine up on compression stroke on #1 cylinder. The engine timing tape read 8 degrees BTDC. Started the engine and it fired right up. Put a timing light on right away and the timing tape read somwhere between 5 and 10 "AFTER TDC"-to the left of the 0 on the tape.Then turned dizzy counter clockwise to advance timing to 13 degrees BTDC and idle was at 1000RPM. Ran fine for 15 minutes Is this correct?

Is there a better way to set your valves than that Crane Cams way? I've heard of other ways... that just seems easier for me to understand. Any other thoughts would be great. I'll try setting the valves again though or maybe pulling the dizzy out and retiming again.