[zimmy]

Michael:

Sorry to be so long getting back to you. I ended up with the initial timing at about 28 with total being about 46. I know this is seeming ridiculous but it works okay and has the best performance.

Now the rest of the story. This past Sat. I had an opportunity to run it on a dyno. Incredibly awful!!! Only 250 HP. It was also running very rich even though the jets I am running are smaller than most people recommend. (This would help to explain the backfire at decel if I am over rich) Here is the latest thinking: I must first of all be running a very low compression ratio. (Never knew what it was and the engine builder is no longer findable). That would explain the low performance and the ability to have an incredibly high timing advance without detonation. I also can assume that the heads are not flowing a great deal. They are cast iron heads and I was told that they were low rise heads. But, I am unable to find any casting marks that would allow me to verify this. They do have a FOMOCO casting so at least they are Ford heads.

I am now looking for an engine shop that specializes in Ford engines and if I can get lucky, maybe one that even knows a bit about Webers. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Zimmy