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**Bernie** · 05-31-2014, 11:18 AM

I put Howell fuel injection on my truck- Mallory Unilite, Edelbrock Performer manifold and awoke the truck from its Winter hibernation last weekend. I had always set the timing by advancing it until the engine just pings under load and then retarding it until it just didn't. My wife bought me a timing light with the advance function and I tried it out on the truck. It seems that at idle I have 600 rpm and 25 degrees of advance. The idle seems a bit fast, but the advance is a lot more than the manual says it should be. Is this ok ?

05-31-2014, 11:18 AM	#1
Bernie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 516	Timing question I put Howell fuel injection on my truck- Mallory Unilite, Edelbrock Performer manifold and awoke the truck from its Winter hibernation last weekend. I had always set the timing by advancing it until the engine just pings under load and then retarding it until it just didn't. My wife bought me a timing light with the advance function and I tried it out on the truck. It seems that at idle I have 600 rpm and 25 degrees of advance. The idle seems a bit fast, but the advance is a lot more than the manual says it should be. Is this ok ? __________________ Bernie



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