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Red hot @ idle

Discussion in 'EFI Tuning Questions and Engine Management' started by jiler115, Jul 22, 2017.

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  1. tbird

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    curious how you locked out the distributor. Ive never locked an hei. I throw them away :)
     
    tbird, Jul 27, 2017
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  2. jiler115

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    Took all the stuff out of it and welded it together LOL. I have another distributor, going to throw that in and see if I screwed up the other one.
     
    jiler115, Jul 27, 2017
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  3. tbird

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    Sep 1, 2004
    Just wondering if its possible it got positioned so the rotor and the pickup are too far out of range making the rotor out of phase causing a cross fire.

    Have someone crank it while you watch it with a timing light.
     
    tbird, Jul 27, 2017
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  4. jiler115

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    Ib
    I may have welded it all the way advanced...
     
    jiler115, Jul 27, 2017
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  5. jiler115

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    Just in case anyone else has this issue, make sure you don't pull a rookie mistake and weld the distributor all the way advanced lol... that's what was wrong... made a plate so everything stays aligned, dropped her in with a fresh set a plugs and started right up. Thanks for all your responses.
     
    jiler115, Jul 28, 2017
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  6. blown385

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    Feb 17, 2007
    Cool .

    Now set the timing at 30 degrees at idle and the glowing headers should go away .
     
    blown385, Jul 29, 2017
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