DuoWing Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) After a long time of not touching this thing I'm trying to get back to it and actually get this car running well. While I prepare to get my MS setup installed I saw a post by Chickenman about phasing the distributor rotor so I decided I should do that as I build my harness. I've never had an issue with being able to set and adjust timing with a light and a distributor, but I figured I should check the alignment of the shaft. This is an 83' Turbo motor. It was pulled apart and freshened up when swapped into my 76' Z. So I'm trying to figure out what the actual positioning of the distributor shaft is when the motor is at TDC. I've seen so many posts, different things being said for the alignment, etc. I have the timing mark lined up with 0* TDC, I've verified the cam lobes for cylinder 1 are both pointed up. FSM: My Shaft: I saw another post by Chickenman which had a picture looking just like mine. I'm thinking I'm fine since my shaft matches the drawing in the FSM, but I figured I'll ask here and see what the consensus is. Edited December 19, 2022 by DuoWing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I'd much rather hear that both valves are closed than lobes in the up position implying both valves open at the same time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Looks perfect. Nice photography too. Easy to compare with the FSM drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuoWing Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 I figured I was probably good to go, but is there any reason why there's so many different posts and guides telling you to have the distributor shaft inline with the distributor mounting holes? Even in the older FSM with the 11:25 positioning, the picture still looks pretty similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) Because anybody can say anything on the internet. The answer is probably in a very deep-diving psychological study. . Edited December 21, 2022 by NewZed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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