Topic: WHAT DID I WRONG ?
in Forum: C3 Engines
i'm i right Joel ? I think you may install your distrubutor either way , as long you find BTCD? and ofcoarse a wrong setting will be difficult for connecting vacuum advance and rev counter cable . No ?
Started also with dwell. Seems to change 2 degrees with rev's.So i put on 29 at idle , having 31 in high rev's. Is this normal ?
have put a 36 ° mark on the damper witch do not reach it now in high rev's.So i'm not in the "ball park" .Vacuum leak i must check.Rich or lean mix ? i did not change any jetting on the carb , only the 2 little screws , idle mix ? no ? so that must be the same ? no ?
and yes it changed after playing with all , before it was OK.
Plug wires ? i have to check . I removed them and reinstall as i surch for a "better " routing above the engine now with my tubular headers but ended again under as i was original before !
perhaps i damaged one ????? But all plugs are "dry" , shouldn't that give a wet plug ? ......see you !
Dave,
the pumpers are OK , i see them squirt enough 
pushing the throtle.
The secondarys are mechanical connected , i think they begin at 1/3 throtle.Did NOT change that.
thanx.keep on thinking guys... please...
And the wether is becoming good with sunshine dry.... 
Lifetime MemberCheck the plugs to make sure they all fire. I have seen where plugs fowl because of to much gas and even after cleaning them they don't work. Just a thought.
Good luck
Brian - NCM Lifetime Member
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Thanx Brian, also a tought of me. Already went for 8 new plugs and try them this evening. I remeber having bad trials with the old plugs and than installed new ones.Again bad testing. So it's possible i fould all the plugs and as you mentioned : had i once with a bike : the plugs where not good even after intensive cleaning.Strange.
Lets HOPE that's it !
Joel , i hoped a second you had the answer :
Plug wires not correct(firing order-1-8-4-2-3-6-5-7..clockwise rotation)
but all my books ( racing engine preparation, service manual,car manual ) say : 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2
also the numbers on the Weiand inlet manifold ............................ WHO's RIGHT ????
Problem remains the same.Can't get it over 3000 rpm's driving and giving gas its making pufpufpuf's....Have checked again firing order and ohm tested the spark wires. They seem ok.
idle seems perfect and i can make easely rev's without hearing something special.So it is under load that he wan't accelerate ?????
I think now more the carb.... but what can happen with that ? i removed it to tighten the 6 screws on the underside because above , where you see the tread of the bolt there was always some fuel to spot. So i inverted the carb , tighten a bit those screws ( they where only hand tight ) and reistalled him .
Can i have damaged something by putting the carb upside down ????
If he's not giving fuel enough or too much , what can be the reason ?? Isn't that a fixed jetting ?and it was ok before changes ..., i'm a bit out of possible ways to try something ....
All the old plugs today where dark brown but surely dry , not black-wet.
my engine is a very early '69 block rebuild to a 350/350, assume same firing order ?