Thanks for your comments guys!
@HB Chris, that was not what I wanted to hear, but it was the right call. I broke out the borescope this morning and carefully lined up the timing mark on the flywheel and confirmed that the timing gear was a tooth out. I pulled it apart and got it lined up properly this time and it is mostly back together.
As I was inspecting the 123 Ignition distributor I realized that there was some oil residue inside the cap, so I pulled the distributor apart and found a fair amount of engine oil has migrated through the shaft into the body of the distributor.
I have now cleaned the distributor but need to do a little more research to see how to better seal the shaft. I do have the spiral cut shaft and despite that, oil has made its way into the body. I recall that @Stevehose found the same thing and replaced the o-ring seal and may have added a second. I need to see if I can find any pictures of that work.
As to the tune, I was starting the car on my “just get it running” tune which is no advance at all. I do that to get the distributor timed at TDC, then upload the tune. With my Weber 38/38’s I was running centrifugal curve of 12 degrees from 500-1400 RPM, then 33 degrees through redline with a rev limiter in place.
I would like to hear what you and others are using with the Webers. I also have headers and a cam.
@HB Chris, that was not what I wanted to hear, but it was the right call. I broke out the borescope this morning and carefully lined up the timing mark on the flywheel and confirmed that the timing gear was a tooth out. I pulled it apart and got it lined up properly this time and it is mostly back together.
As I was inspecting the 123 Ignition distributor I realized that there was some oil residue inside the cap, so I pulled the distributor apart and found a fair amount of engine oil has migrated through the shaft into the body of the distributor.
I have now cleaned the distributor but need to do a little more research to see how to better seal the shaft. I do have the spiral cut shaft and despite that, oil has made its way into the body. I recall that @Stevehose found the same thing and replaced the o-ring seal and may have added a second. I need to see if I can find any pictures of that work.
As to the tune, I was starting the car on my “just get it running” tune which is no advance at all. I do that to get the distributor timed at TDC, then upload the tune. With my Weber 38/38’s I was running centrifugal curve of 12 degrees from 500-1400 RPM, then 33 degrees through redline with a rev limiter in place.
I would like to hear what you and others are using with the Webers. I also have headers and a cam.
