Sounds like he is adjusting nicely :woot:

The best thing about a Great Dane is they typically make people crap themselves, lol. For that reason alone they make good guard dogs. Their bark is typically very intimidating as well.

My friends had three pit bull mixes, they were actually very nice dogs with the one being very timid. Anyway, they didn't lock the door to their house. The dogs liked sleeping on the couch during the day which was in full view of anyone on the porch approaching the front door. :D

Took him to the country club today and walked him up to the front doors of the pro-shop......that was worth a lot of attention and conversation. His head out the truck window draws a few looks too. They have such a WOW factor due to their size........fact is I wouldn't want to sneak up on Tucker in the house and yell BOO because I think he'd crap himself.......big scaredy dog. :D

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Thought I might have found something with the bulkhead connection. Spades looked like they might not have been correctly aligned. Realigned them and cautiously connected it.

Nadda.......:mad:

So I've.......triple checked TDC, rotor & crank position, distributor wiring, plug wiring, power to the both sides of the coil with key in run position, fuses all look good.

With the key in the run position and power to coil eliminates the need to test with a jumper from battery to coil right?

Possible poor core support ground due to lack of fenders effecting voltage regulator shouldn't be an issue should it?

Could it possibly be a bad coil or distributor? :(

Correct.


Sorry it's not firing still. I'm out of ideas without being there.

X2 ^^

Block grounded?

Solid motor mounts. :(

Hey Siegla I have a MSD coil and dist out of my car ( I know it works) I can send you if you want to try it out

scratch test that MSD box first.

Scratch N Snif??? :_paranoid

You short the tach lead to ground and you should have fire.
So just make a test lead - connect to the tach connection of the MSD. And short it to ground. Each time you strike ground you should get a firing event out if the box.

Thanks Jer, much appreciated. I'm going to talk with MSD tech tomorrow and see what they have to say about it first. :thumbsup:

I tried registering on their forum a couple weeks ago, they haven't confirmed the registration yet. Hopefully they're better on the phone.

Vince - No box just the Ready to Run 8360 distributor and Blaster II coil.

With the questionable reputation of the 6 Series boxes if I had one that would have been towards the top of the suspect list. I'm leaning to defective electrics in the distributor/coil but certainly not eliminating the fact that fault may lie with my lack of electrical knowledge. At this point I'd be glad to be embarrased in front of the entire forum to get it fired. :D

On a more critical note how was the level of competition at OUSCI?

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Inadequate GROUND!

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I'm sitting on the dunk tank seat.........start throwing. :D

SHE'S ALIVE!!!!!

Glad to hear you finally got it fired up. I think I would have shot the motor long ago. Congrats on getting her done and your patience through it all.

Way to go Sieg! You know it's always something simple, finding it is the hard part :cheers:

SWEET ! Glad to see and hear it up and running!

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DUDE! That was like giving birth to a 16 pound baby!


So much EFFORT! But worth it!


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not to be a debbi downer pointer out er of potential future ground issues but your gonna grommetize that tach lead right?

way to go buddy!!! sounds good.:thumbsup:

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I was scrolling down on mmy phone, saw that ground into the aluminum intake and thought :_paranoid. Hmmmmm...okay?

Then the video and explanation! :cheers:

Congrats on squashing the bug:thumbsup:

Keep the updates coming! You haven't "gone to the dogs" after all!:rofl:

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The..........:drama:.........is OVER!

Thank you!

Thanks Ron. :thumbsup:
Varoom vroom!

........and it didn't grenade in the 30 minute break-in, no leaks, NO FIRES! Throttle response feels good looking forward to seeing what the heads, intake, and carb upgrade feel like. Too bad the fire kept me from the "before" dyno session I had planned. But I don't need a sheet of paper to tell me it's better or worse. :unibrow:

A fricken ground...........old school old fart discounted how sensitive modern electronics are.........if it was an LS it might have taken this idiot a year. :D

I set the ignition at 12* for break-in and richened the air circuit and idle mixuture screws. It almost hit a peak of 190* and oil pressure at 2K was 38 psi.

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After the run in I set the idle at 950ish and initial at 16* and shut it down without any run on. 16* intial gives me a total of 41* at 3,750.

No discoloration on the new Doug's Headers either!
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CONGRATS and happy for you.. Now have some Cool Whip!!

Just for you JerDawg

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That's too much timing IMHO for a small block with good heads.... With the 18* stop bushing - I'd set it for 36* of total with 18* of initial.

Of course the old drag way of doing this would be to read the plug strap and see if the discoloration changes right in the center of the bend of the strap...

Todays head designs need less total timing - and todays gas also like less timing.... Of course the only real way to know what it "wants" is a dyno... and timing is far more important for performance than A/F ratios.

I agree with Greg here buddy! When we ran our circle track engines on the dyno, they loved 40*. That was with 043 Cast Iron BowTie heads and 10.5:1. As soon as we tested a better set of aluminum heads on the same short block and cam we were down to 38* total. I think all you are doing now is making heat. Glad to hear it singing! Congrats! :thumbsup:

Thanks guys. :thumbsup:

My unknown is the compression ratio....I'm guessing it dropped some with the AFR heads as they are the larger chamber but have been decked. My plan is to pay close attention to how the motor sounds and feels, check plug readings, and figure out by traditional means what is too much timing.

With the lumpy cam the motor seemed to settle in to a comfort zone at 14-16* initial and it shut down without a hint of run-on. Once I get the exhaust hooked up and can tinker with it some who knows on total timing and curve rate until I can put a load on it. 12* intial 36-37* total is the SBC benchmark based on this MSD video but that motor also had 10.5:1 comp and if I'm lucky I'm at 9.5:1.

Factoring the lumpy cam, modern fuel, and lower compression don't you think I can be a little more aggressive with timing and not melt it down?

I'm guessing one of these combo's 12+21=33 - 14+21=35 - 16+21=37 - 12+25=37 - 14+25=39. I'll play it by feel and ear to see what it likes for initial with closed exhaust and go from there to find this motor's sweet spots.........make sense?

Thanks Chad, what were you running for initial?

Gotta love Weldapedia. :)

Here's what I'm thinkin' should be your next project!

Unfortunately that won't transition. We only had about 15* of advance. It was just enough to get it started. Initial was about 25*. Some guys locked it out at 40* with no advance. We were running restricted small blocks and wanted every ounce to get out of the corners. Keep at it, you'll get it where you want it. :cheers:

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Congrats,The new engine sounds really nice.

Nice to see it was something so simple (and free). :D

Sounds and looks great man. :thumbsup:

My grandma would have revved it higher than that.

LOL :thumbsup:

Don't worry Big Boy, now that the Flintstone's cam is broken in I'll make sure the rings are properly seated on first test drive, then we'll test the rev limiter. :unibrow:

Thank you......but I'm looking forward to hearing what a real motor sounds like. :thumbsup:

Thanks! I was so glad to hear it fire on all cylinders that the rest was just a bonus! LOL

Timing is now set at 12* for 37* total. Cleaned up some wire routing and it will be picked up this evening and back to the shop for completion.

Also spoke with MSD Tech regarding the Blaster SS coil mounts, he said the failures are typically due to over tightening the mounts. Snug with Loctite is the proper solution..........supposedly. :D

Now I get to spend the afternoon sorting and itemizing receipts for the insurance vs. owner obligations. :thumbsup:

That is great to hear that Norwood is soon going to be back in one piece.
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Can you explain a bit about the valve you have in your brakes besides a proportioning valve? I think it was a metering valve that you said applies the rear just a bit prior to the fronts.

I'm not sure how "track" oriented that mod is and if there are some negatives I should be aware of. If you have a sketch of your plumbing I would love to see it. As I recall we have mostly the same components.

Thanks!
Robert