Originally Posted by skunk2racing97

HOLY FREAKIN TORQUE, batman!
so, of the 15 or so motors ive built, or had a hand in building, ive always timed the distributor by putting the 'feet' in the middle of their range of movement, cuz thats how ive always seen em. same is true for this motor...

tonite, i busted out my dad's old circa-1960 sears timing light, and using the red mark between the two black marks on the crank pulley, timed the dizzy like that, which puts it about 3/4 of the movement, on the advanced side (i can get a pic if thats confusing). drove it, and it pulls like a fiend, much stronger than ever before, idles better, not perfect, but it doesnt stall and doesnt SEEM to bog under acceleration...

is this method of timing correct? the red mark is supposed to be at the guide line on the belt cover when the light blinks?

going on what Jake said, however, ive got 15 miles or so on it, and i keep checking #4 (the low one on compression) and i still get around 150 most of the time, so i still have low compression...

i have an apt. with acura for fri morning, so, if nothing else, they can leakdown and find out why my numbers are so low.

thanks again for all the help guys, REP GIVEN TO ALL!

*EDIT*
exceeded my rep limit, ill get the rest tomorrow...