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Originally posted by bpmcgee
Don't forget that if you installed your distributor based upon the assumed TDC, then your distributor will also be 90 degrees off.
Also, the #1 cylinder will blow as soon as the intake closes and you start the compression stroke. TDC doesn't occur until about 90 degrees later, when the piston reaches the limit of it's compression travel. In order to accurately figure TDC with your engine assembled, you really need one of those TDC feelers.
Brian
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exactly. eric just because you felt air blowing out dosen't mean you are at tdc, it just means you are somewhere on the compression stroke
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