Timing advance for 1968 Fury III

[machinehead]

I just put the accell points elimin in my dist., and am trying to check my timing. Where should it be set? I havnt done much with timing, but i have a light; and a decent understanding. But not sure of the recommended setting. I have a Edelb 600, edelb intake, accell super coil, and have the timing pretty much dead center of the eye of the timing tab. Car still has a miss at low to mid rpms. Cant hear it at idle, and it goes away as you get in it.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Big Blue]

what motor?

 

[machinehead]

Stock 318, auto

 

[Big Blue]

Ok, I'll look in my buddy's chiltons tonight when he gets off work.

I am going to guess somewhere around 10*btdc

 

[Big Blue]

1968 318 2bbl auto = 2.5* ATC


I was only 12 off... *cough*

 

[machinehead]

Thanks for the help. May i ask one more, as im a timing novice. Is the tab on the harmonic balancer marked 2.5?

 

[Big Blue]

If my memory serves me, when I looked earlier at the figure it showed it had 10-5-0-5-10 marked. I won't be able to look again until next week. Sturgis her we come.

 

[livininharrow]

most good timing lights have a dial you can set to what u want and then you are reading 0 on the balancer. makes it fool proof or u can use a timing tape around the balancer. these usually read 60 degrees either way from tdc.

 

[1966newport]

10 btdc is better

 

[BillGrissom]

I agree. 10 deg BTDC (or more). More advance is generally better until you get knock.

BTW, you can take a knock sensor off a GM V-8 (TBI trucks 85-95) and use as an indicator. It screws in your block drain plug. The module (on GM intake or firewall) has 1 wire output you could wire to an LED to show knock, or send to a computer like Holley Commander 950 to adjust timing.

If you get tired of playing w/ points, there is a nice HEI distributor for ~$45 on ebay (skipwhite and others) for the 318 and 440, not 383. Run an E-core coil with it and lose your ballast.