I Need Car Help

[athlonrig]

I tried to get a better timing in my 86 firebird a couple days ago by rotating the distributor. The only problem was that it hadn't been moved for a while and I accidently moved it a long way instead of a small adjustment which I intended. If anyone knows approx where the distributor should set please let me know. Right now it is set about 10 deg off center counter clockwise (facing the front of the car and distributor it is turned right slightly). I had it advanced (more to the right) on the way here to austin..it ran ok but was overheating by the time I got here (about an hour). I will try to rotate it more to the right if someone doesn't know where it should be. Right now idleing it sounds good, but it has no power. I just need it good enough so that I can use it for the next couple days until I get the timings done to spec.



V8 305 (rebuilt..only block is original)

Rochester Quadrajet (rebuilt and opened back up to install tps)

 

[Kitros]

Serach for it, man...we aren't your search engine.

 

[athlonrig]

ive been trying all night...i cant find anything that says where to tighten it.

 

[Kitros]

I see that....I did a quick search, but got fuzzy pics of shiny chrome valve covers....

I would just keep adjusting it.....it's a pain, but hey, it worked for me.

 

[athlonrig]

the repair book at home will have it...but if someone knows let me know.

 

[athlonrig]

im pretty sure a timing light won't even work on this perticular car...i could be wrong though.

 

[medic]

Assuming you can use a timing light with this car..the best way would be to use a timing light to set the advance according to specs, you can get cheap ones for about 20 bucks.
For now if the car still starts then you don't have it too far one way or the other which is good. For a rough setting get someone to sit in the car with their foot HARD on the brake and the emergency ON and with the car idling as you stand to the side of it...get them to put it in drive..with it in drive and the brake fully on get them to push on the gas slightly and start to raise the RPM and torque the motor over....move the distributor very slowly just until you hear the rattling of preignition and then back it down slightly and it's set.
After all this you can reset the idle with the car in drive and you should be good until you can get a scope on it.
Make sure you do all this with the motor fully warmed up also. This also assumes the car is an automatic.

 

[Vrangel]

CRV
I guess from your sig you retuned this Athlon engine
from 500 horses all the way to 750 !
The roar must be deafening when you press that power button.

 

[Ulysses]

What's a timing light !!

 

[medic]

Now if I could just stick a turbocharger on this sucker!

 

[HouRman]

If you don't get it by thursday I'll be able to check the specs on my friends 88 firebird formula. It might be different, but I could make a digital pic of it.

You'd probably have it fixed by then though.