FINALLY got my car back together. While I was rebuilding the 2.3 I had .060" taken off the head which I figure raised my compression ratio from 9:1 to 9.7:1.
I got it started once yesterday then the starter took a dump so I didn't get around to tuning it till tonight
anyways I put the timing light on it and fired it up, it didn't want to run without you giving it gas, at factory spark advance of 10BTC it idled but it was really crappy and surging, I had to advance base timing all the way to 20 and it idles great...
something aint right here... You can't get 20BTC on a stock motor without pinging, yet you need it on a higher compression engine? WTF is going on here.
I can find no other marks on the balancer and besides I triple checked the alignment of all timing marks during assembly, so when the mark on the balancer points at TDC I am positive that #1 is at TDC. Spout connector was out. Wasn't getting confused with the timing light advance.
It revs up fast enough no load but when I took it for a test drive it kind of ran like dog****, maybe the knock sensor is making the computer retard timing? Then again it's a new motor and 4 month old gasoline. What do you guys think, am I nuts to think it's supposed to run with 20 degrees base?
I got it started once yesterday then the starter took a dump so I didn't get around to tuning it till tonight
anyways I put the timing light on it and fired it up, it didn't want to run without you giving it gas, at factory spark advance of 10BTC it idled but it was really crappy and surging, I had to advance base timing all the way to 20 and it idles great...
something aint right here... You can't get 20BTC on a stock motor without pinging, yet you need it on a higher compression engine? WTF is going on here.
I can find no other marks on the balancer and besides I triple checked the alignment of all timing marks during assembly, so when the mark on the balancer points at TDC I am positive that #1 is at TDC. Spout connector was out. Wasn't getting confused with the timing light advance.
It revs up fast enough no load but when I took it for a test drive it kind of ran like dog****, maybe the knock sensor is making the computer retard timing? Then again it's a new motor and 4 month old gasoline. What do you guys think, am I nuts to think it's supposed to run with 20 degrees base?