I put a distributor in 180 out on a 340...got that slow,F'd-up cranking and I was too dumb to stop cranking soon enough...it fired and almost blew one of the valve covers off.

 

Got the rest of the exhaust on last night, took a little longer to make the Y-Pipe than I thought. Tonight I'm gonna cut the rest of the header wrap off (except for the collector near the starter) and fire it up. I also advanced the ignition timing significantly.

I'll have the timing light ready and hooked up when I start it so I can do a rough adjust to it to get it close.

Hope to post results tomorrow morning.

Thanks,

Mike

 

Update:

I got it started last night. This time I removed all the exhaust wrap except for about 8" worth near the starter, bolted on the rest of the exhaust, and advanced the distribuitor (turned it about 30 degrees CCW). I started it and set the timing to about 6* and all was good. The headers have a faint glow in the complete dark, but with the least bit of light you can't see it. I let the cam break in for about 30 minuites @ 2000 RPM then took it on a short drive, think the timing could stand to be retarded a few more degrees though.

The only real problem is the mysterous hole that appeared in the radiator!

Thanks for the help!!

Mike

 

yes it will.

 

i hear yall on the header wrap but i dont believe it...we run it on the bikes...have run it on many street cars...it does make em rust quicker...i wouldnt doubt it voidin warranty, but warranty never really mattered to me anyway cause i would either fix it myself or lye about it