Timing issues

SmokinStangGT · 05-19-2003, 11:06 AM

Ok finnaly i got my head gaskets put back on and the car now is put back together! I have been trying to set the timing a couple of days and i am just playing around with the distributer and dont know really what to do becuse the distributor could be off a gear or so and i dont know how really to get this correct, should i take it to get it done or does anyone have anyother ideas? thanks!

Smokedawg · 05-19-2003, 12:07 PM

Need a timing light...Pull out the spout connector. Put a white mark on the desired timing mark. Connect the timing light to the number 1 plug wire. Start the car. Point the light at the balancer and pull trigger. Should flash every time you hit the timing mark...Stock stangs usually like 12-16BTC...

SmokinStangGT · 05-21-2003, 09:59 AM

Where is the spout plug connector? does anyone have a picture or any info? Thanks

Smokedawg · 05-21-2003, 10:02 AM

Its a little electrical plug right next to the distributor. The plug is about 3/4" by 1/2"...Just pull out the plug, set timing, put plug back in...

Derek

ChunkFunky · 05-21-2003, 11:23 AM

I took me forever to realise what everyone was talking about when it came to the SPOUT... it's not attached to the distributor it's a little tail that comes off the wring harness on the way to the distributor... I could never find mine cause I never had one... I found out mine must have fallen out at some point. but it looks like a FUEL INJECTOR plug with a little plastic block stuck in it. That plastic block basicaly just completes a circuit and allows teh computer to controll timing.. otherwise the timing will just stay at whatever you set it at
-as

SmokinStangGT · 05-21-2003, 12:17 PM

HAH yea that is funny, i thought that the guy before me just took out some computer thing and plugged it up like the other things that he took out. HA i can rebuild a motor completly but i dont know where the spout plug is, i feel stupid! thanks guys

05-19-2003, 11:06 AM	#1
SmokinStangGT Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: IL Posts: 105	Timing issues Ok finnaly i got my head gaskets put back on and the car now is put back together! I have been trying to set the timing a couple of days and i am just playing around with the distributer and dont know really what to do becuse the distributor could be off a gear or so and i dont know how really to get this correct, should i take it to get it done or does anyone have anyother ideas? thanks! __________________ 89' GT with 5spd Hurst short throw, Keith Black 12:1 comp. pistons, Sealed Power drag racing rings, Fms F303 Cam, Ported and polished upper and lower intake with Ported E7TE heads that contain comp. cam double coiled springs with titainum locks and steel retainers, Fel-Pro Head Gaskets, 9mm ford racing wires, BBK chrome unequal shortys, Power Throttle bodies 70mm, Edlebrock 70mm EGR plate, 15inch K&N, Bassani X-pipe, Flowmaster 40 series, Eibach 1 1/2 lowering springs, Cobra R rims 17X9 with p235 on front and p275 on rear with Falken Zeix tires-RUNNING!

05-19-2003, 12:07 PM	#2
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	Need a timing light...Pull out the spout connector. Put a white mark on the desired timing mark. Connect the timing light to the number 1 plug wire. Start the car. Point the light at the balancer and pull trigger. Should flash every time you hit the timing mark...Stock stangs usually like 12-16BTC... __________________ 1990 Mustang GT- 347 Stroker-Tremec 3550-Compucar Nitrous, AFR, Systemax Intake, AFM, 30lbers, 70MM TB, 76mm MAF, full suspension and lots more 1995 Chevy S-10 406 SBC, Dual tunnel ram, Dart heads, Nitrous, full tub, 4-link, adjustable drag shocks, coil-overs, 9in rearend, 4.56 gears...etc

05-21-2003, 09:59 AM	#3
SmokinStangGT Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: IL Posts: 105	Where is the spout plug connector? does anyone have a picture or any info? Thanks __________________ 89' GT with 5spd Hurst short throw, Keith Black 12:1 comp. pistons, Sealed Power drag racing rings, Fms F303 Cam, Ported and polished upper and lower intake with Ported E7TE heads that contain comp. cam double coiled springs with titainum locks and steel retainers, Fel-Pro Head Gaskets, 9mm ford racing wires, BBK chrome unequal shortys, Power Throttle bodies 70mm, Edlebrock 70mm EGR plate, 15inch K&N, Bassani X-pipe, Flowmaster 40 series, Eibach 1 1/2 lowering springs, Cobra R rims 17X9 with p235 on front and p275 on rear with Falken Zeix tires-RUNNING!

05-21-2003, 10:02 AM	#4
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	Its a little electrical plug right next to the distributor. The plug is about 3/4" by 1/2"...Just pull out the plug, set timing, put plug back in... Derek __________________ 1990 Mustang GT- 347 Stroker-Tremec 3550-Compucar Nitrous, AFR, Systemax Intake, AFM, 30lbers, 70MM TB, 76mm MAF, full suspension and lots more 1995 Chevy S-10 406 SBC, Dual tunnel ram, Dart heads, Nitrous, full tub, 4-link, adjustable drag shocks, coil-overs, 9in rearend, 4.56 gears...etc

05-21-2003, 11:23 AM	#5
ChunkFunky Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tustin, CA Posts: 465	I took me forever to realise what everyone was talking about when it came to the SPOUT... it's not attached to the distributor it's a little tail that comes off the wring harness on the way to the distributor... I could never find mine cause I never had one... I found out mine must have fallen out at some point. but it looks like a FUEL INJECTOR plug with a little plastic block stuck in it. That plastic block basicaly just completes a circuit and allows teh computer to controll timing.. otherwise the timing will just stay at whatever you set it at -as __________________ '89 GT Convertible: TFS TW Heads, TFS Street Intake, TFS Stage 1 Cam, FMS 1.6 RRs, 24# Injectors, Pro-M 75mm MAF, No Name CAI, 3.73s, O/R H-Pipe, FlowMasters, AOD w/ Trans-Go Shift Kit

05-21-2003, 12:17 PM	#6
SmokinStangGT Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: IL Posts: 105	HAH yea that is funny, i thought that the guy before me just took out some computer thing and plugged it up like the other things that he took out. HA i can rebuild a motor completly but i dont know where the spout plug is, i feel stupid! thanks guys __________________ 89' GT with 5spd Hurst short throw, Keith Black 12:1 comp. pistons, Sealed Power drag racing rings, Fms F303 Cam, Ported and polished upper and lower intake with Ported E7TE heads that contain comp. cam double coiled springs with titainum locks and steel retainers, Fel-Pro Head Gaskets, 9mm ford racing wires, BBK chrome unequal shortys, Power Throttle bodies 70mm, Edlebrock 70mm EGR plate, 15inch K&N, Bassani X-pipe, Flowmaster 40 series, Eibach 1 1/2 lowering springs, Cobra R rims 17X9 with p235 on front and p275 on rear with Falken Zeix tires-RUNNING!

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