Thread: my engine swap

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you know i have never owned a timing lite .. i time by ear .. i bring up the timing till i hear engine ping when accelerating then back off till it quits .... for racing pruposes when max compression and race gas is used then dead on timing would be bennificial .... but then maybe that`s why i never won a race 30 years ago when i did such silly things ..

Great news! been following this for awhile, hey maybe its lopping because somebody put a great big cam in it! Ouch.. station to station

lol that would be fine with me.

Congratulations Barb and I want too know what word that was that slipped out between your lips? It might be one that I'm not familiar with. Keep at young lady,you are putting me to shame by accomplishing more work on your car than me.

lol. whip i know all the bad words. when i got gas in my eyes i said them all.

Congrats on the engine firing.
Its one of the most rewarding parts of a build.

yes it is pugsy.

im happy for you jyardgirl. its a heck of a feelin when it comes to life the first time.time for a little happy dance.i would love to have ben a fly on the wall when it first lit up..how long did it take to wipe that grin off your face?

i still have it geezer.

Congrats Barb, you deserve it! Hope you get a chance to do a little driving in the near future, and yes we need a video!

Barb-the best part is no one had to borrow your eye brow pencil after trying to start it.LOL.

thanks gary and stovens. trying to get the timing right. neighbor is going to show me this weekend how to use a timing gun. this should be fun

Any update Barb?

i agree hoss. right now i am trying to hunt down a timing light. i have a friend that will show me how to use one once i get it. then she should be running alot smoother.

got the timing right. it was still having problems. the neighbor that helped me suggested that i pull all the plugs and check compresion. when we pulled all the plugs he noticed that the #7 plug smelled really strong like gas. he told me to bump it over. gas shot out of the plug hole. my carb shoke was stuck wide open. he fixed that then reset the timing once again. put all the plugs back in and made sure all the wires were in the right order. she fired right up. WOO HOO. scared the daylights out of my girlfriend as my headers are not hooked up to the exhaust. shut her back off as i do not have water from the radiator running to the engine. small hole in my radiator. what is the best product for fixing that?