pretty good day for ole blue

[ramey]

well my timing was off on my crate alittle so i went to my uncles house and we played with it and got it right after a few minutes and took it down the road and it will scream now, then me and my uncle was sitting there talking bout how i needed dual exhaust and other stuff, well come to find out he had a set of hedman headers sitting in his shop and he said here put these on your truck i dont need them, i tried my best paying him something but he wouldnt have none of it, so i got a set of headers free and my truck running right all in a few minutes, i just got to clean them and paint them and then save some bucks for flowmasters

[dukcaln]

nice, what did you end up setting the timing at?

[ramey]

Originally Posted by dukcaln

nice, what did you end up setting the timing at?

I dont know exactly my uncles really good and never used a timing light, he just plays with it and sets it by ear
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[dukcaln]

really, risky but hope it works out for you

[72 K20]

Been setting them by ear for years,,, a lot of people do.
Why would you think it is risky ?

[eurospec1]

Originally Posted by 72 K20

Been setting them by ear for years,,, a lot of people do.
Why would you think it is risky ?

I agree, these motors are really hard to hurt with timing, and old timers have been setting them by ear for years... Hell if you have an HEI point the vacuum advance to 8'oclock and you're gonna be pretty dang close to 10 degrees at idle.

[70cst]

Originally Posted by eurospec1

I agree, these motors are really hard to hurt with timing, and old timers have been setting them by ear for years... Hell if you have an HEI point the vacuum advance to 8'oclock and you're gonna be pretty dang close to 10 degrees at idle.

Good point...many old timers seem to have a 6th sense when it comes to old cars and trucks.

[CC69Rat]

I agree, my Pop can set one by ear better than any I have ever seen. Tune a carb too! I had one of the 350/290 GMPP motors and tried it at 14/16 fast and just never could get it right. Pop and one of his friends just put the 'old timer' tune on it and it was perfect. I think it might be some kind of magic or something.

Dad will be tuning my BB.

Once you put the headers and larger exhaust (?) on it you might want to get him to listen to it again. There's probably another 5-10hp he can pull out of it.

[ramey]

Originally Posted by CC69Rat

I agree, my Pop can set one by ear better than any I have ever seen. Tune a carb too! I had one of the 350/290 GMPP motors and tried it at 14/16 fast and just never could get it right. Pop and one of his friends just put the 'old timer' tune on it and it was perfect. I think it might be some kind of magic or something.

Dad will be tuning my BB.

Once you put the headers and larger exhaust (?) on it you might want to get him to listen to it again. There's probably another 5-10hp he can pull out of it.

Yeah hes gonna listen to it again after i put dual exhaust on
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[65sbss]

Originally Posted by ramey

well my timing was off on my crate alittle so i went to my uncles house and we played with it and got it right after a few minutes and took it down the road and it will scream now, then me and my uncle was sitting there talking bout how i needed dual exhaust and other stuff, well come to find out he had a set of hedman headers sitting in his shop and he said here put these on your truck i dont need them, i tried my best paying him something but he wouldnt have none of it, so i got a set of headers free and my truck running right all in a few minutes, i just got to clean them and paint them and then save some bucks for flowmasters

Ramey, There is a shop in Lavonia, just south of you that will do complete exhaust for 1/3 the price of the flowmasters and just as good. He did my truck and he did a great job. I will send you name of shop when I get back off the road. He even did a couple of cars that were sold at Barrett Jackson. n