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red82gt · 10-02-2002, 04:46 PM

A similar thing happened to my car when I put the current motor in it. It would start but sputtered badly and coughed and backfired. Turned the distributor 180 degrees and it fired and ran fine. I'm wondering how you're setting base timing without the car idling though...

10-02-2002, 04:46 PM	#10
red82gt Sober voice of Reason Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 1,514	A similar thing happened to my car when I put the current motor in it. It would start but sputtered badly and coughed and backfired. Turned the distributor 180 degrees and it fired and ran fine. I'm wondering how you're setting base timing without the car idling though... __________________ 393W: AFR 205's, hydraulic roller, TKO600.