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hugger6933 · 05-31-2015, 05:45 PM

I know the above poster says the timing on the later 454 is like 8 degrees. When I have had big block trucks[I rebuild wrecks]and I have had several I would bump the timing up on them[unplug the timing plug on the injected ones]it would seem as though a whole 'nother engine had been added. The simple timing increase really would wake the slumbering beast.
Now with your issue, Do you have headers? Lots of times with them the starter gets heat soak and needs a remote solenoid added to cure that problem. When it is hot have you tried backing the timing just a touch to see if it does fire right up?

05-31-2015, 05:45 PM	#4
hugger6933 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marianna Arkansas Posts: 7,280	Re: timing question I know the above poster says the timing on the later 454 is like 8 degrees. When I have had big block trucks[I rebuild wrecks]and I have had several I would bump the timing up on them[unplug the timing plug on the injected ones]it would seem as though a whole 'nother engine had been added. The simple timing increase really would wake the slumbering beast. Now with your issue, Do you have headers? Lots of times with them the starter gets heat soak and needs a remote solenoid added to cure that problem. When it is hot have you tried backing the timing just a touch to see if it does fire right up?