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Originally Posted by thedude327
Base timing being too far advanced will cause a kickback problem that will damage the starters pinion gear/bendix assembly. Get a buddy to sit in the drivers seat with the engine idling in gear and the vacuum line to the distributor removed and plugged and check your base timing. It should be no more than 12 degrees advanced especially if you are running a compression ratio over 10:1 on your engine. Oh and one of your other vids showed a backfire through the carb which is caused by the wrong timing setting.
Good Luck!!
Paul
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Paul,
No disrespect here and I won't put words in Greg's mouth. But, when I agreed with Greg my motivation was from the generality of your comment. In general your comment is not accurate. You made no mention of race versus street in the above post. In actuality it really doesn't matter in the context of this thread. Would you want a 13.5:1 Engine locked out at 30deg. on the street maybe not. However after getting the engine running most likely with less base timing and getting it tuned, you could then lock out the timing and it would start without ill effects using a starter rated for the job. Would you want to do it with an off the shelf replacement stock starter, probably not. The point for me is that a lot of people can read these forums and some may not even be members. Not everyone has a firm grasp on all these concepts and they come here to learn and will a lot of times take what they read here as gospel. So making a comment that come off as absolute fact can be mis-leading if in fact the information is not accurate across the board. I truly suspect that Greg's intent was not to trash you and it absolutely was not my intention. It's just to correct the facts being thrown out. I can tell you first hand that I have been around a bunch of engines that start and run perfectly with the exact combination you say is a problem. Can it be a problem, absolutely. But not always. It's all good. The fact that you are willing to try and help is what's most important. In my opinion and the only reason I take the time to respond to your recent post is because I have stuck my size 14 im my mouth plenty and I'm sure I will do it again. I just use this to try and remember when I am posting advice to sure of what I am saying. And if I am wrong and get corrected, I take it as something new learned.
Later,