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Originally Posted by benzboy
im positive the cam and mfi timing is right on. would the points not being set properly make it pop and sometimes flames shoot out the stacks?
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it's unlikely, as point gap closes up from wear the timing retards a little bit, but since you have the gap at least in the ball park, whatever ignition timing you have is set by rotating the distributor, are you sure you put the distributor back in phase? IE that the engine is at tdc compression stroke(there are 2 tdc's, you have to be at the end of compression where both valves are closed, not at the end of exhaust where they are open) w/ the distributor rotor pointing at the notch in the distributor(also should be pointing to the back of the blower, and that the ign wires have all been installed correctly, 1, 6, 2, 4, 3, 5, be sure that the cap is seated in the notch.
be sure that you are using the correct pulley mark 5ATDC is just to the left of TDC
you can also do a static test of timing before starting the engine by using a test light/probe across the point set just to be sure