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Riley 
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 Topic: #1 Cyl.Posted: June-25-2007 at 11:28am |
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Is the #1 Cyl front port cyl on a DD regardless of rotation?
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Hollywood
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Posted: June-25-2007 at 12:22pm |
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ford or chevy?
ford is starboard, and chevy port |
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Riley
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Posted: June-25-2007 at 12:47pm |
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I should have known they wouldn't be the same. I've got one of each, but I was working on the chevy over the weekend, and apparently had it correct.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-25-2007 at 1:57pm |
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This reminds me of when I finished rebuilding my little 4 cyl. in my Atom. I went to set the timing and couldn't find the mark on the flywheel. Evidently when I bolted on the flywheel I got it on 180 degrees off! No problem since I just hook up the timing light to the #4 cyl. It did have me going for a while.
The old timers (mechanics) with the old flat heads would just have someone drive the boat WOT while they set the distributor for max. RPM. |
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Riley
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Posted: June-25-2007 at 4:30pm |
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Seems to me that's how the marina we bought our Barracuda from set the timing, only they would get to max rpm, and back it off some.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-26-2007 at 8:18am |
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Riley, I don't really think the old timing method mattered much with the pre 60's low RPM flat heads but with the newer and high RPM 6's and 8's I would start to worry if I saw a mechanic do that.
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