JagdStealth Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 1981 L28ET Okay...I got everything back together and have put about 200 miles on the car as-is with it running like crap (wanted to get to the MSA show this weekend) However, the car runs like complete crap. Has zero power, gets 7-8MPG, and backfires like crazy. I *did* set the phase on the rotor. I manually turned the crank over to #1 TDC and made sure the line on my crank pulley was at "0" on the dial (it was). I inserted the pin in the cap and adjusted the dizzy to line up properly. So far so good. Now I made sure all the plugs are in and the wires are on properly and fire the car up. The idle surges badly from 200 to 700RPM. I can give it throttle and keep it steady at 700RPM. Timing says it's at 2BTDC. Adjust the CAS to advance about 1/4" of movement and it goes to 10BTDC, idle does not change. Try and advance it any more and it stays at 10. I can move the CAS up and down the whole length and I can only go from 2-10BTDC. It seems as if 3/4 of the movement on the CAS does nothing. Now I can drive the car like this (sorta) and it runs about 15-20 degrees warmer than it used to and has the bad aforementioned gas mileage and no power. I will also add that I have tried three different Head Temp sensors and all of them yield the same results. I have also tried 3 different ECUs as well. Am I doing anything wrong in trying to set the timing? Is something else busted perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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