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Is the ammeter supposed to point straight up when key is turned off?

I have some charging problems (that I hope to solve soon with a new voltage regulator) and I just realized they my ammeter gauge always points straight up, 12 o’clock. When I’m revving it doesn’t move at all. The battery charges about 13 volts+ when at 2500rpm so I guess a fully working ammeter...

Hi. I have some charging problems. At idle I only get 12,7-ish volts and around 13 at rpm... I made sure I had good ground at the regulator, but still had the same issues. Then I watched this vid on youtube: And this dude says a healthy regulator should have 1.75 ohms. Mine had 156 ohms! Can...

The timing is at 18 degrees initial. Total 38 without vac adv. it seemed to like this setting

Thank you. I Will try with the pink cam as a start. The idle ha been adjusted in a standard manner. Clockwise until lower rpm and then backed 1/2 turn...

And what squirter? I have a 28 now. Engine is a 383 with 915 heads. Xe268 cam and a 10,5:1 compression ratio.

Ok. What CAM would you recomend? I have the red one now.

I’m running 69 primary jets and a 6,5 Pv. Vacuum is 11 at idle. The plan is to change pv to a 8,5, and the primary jets to 71. Spark plugs is now white after a day of normal driving.

Idel is good. A steady 13:1 +\-. I guess it’s called a bog when I start to roll and it wants to die at clutch release. At that moment the gauge says 16:1 -20:1.

Hi. I'm running a 650DP on my 383 and I recently installed an air/fuel-meter. The enginge has problems when moving from standing still on first gear (manual trans). The air/fuel meter showed that the mixture gets really poor at that moment so I guess thats the problem. I have to give a lot of...

Hey. The startup went fine! Is runs like a kitten and sounds awesome through a couple of small hollow mufflers. And yes, I replaced the bad rocker. I maybe could post a video so you can hear it.

Thanks! So, that "you don't want any more total than 36-38 degrees of advance" means with the vacuum advance disconnected? That's what I was hoping for :-) With the initial set at 11 my total (without vac. adv.) was about 30-32. I'll turn it up to 15-16 tomorrow!

Quick question as Im setting the timing for my 383. I've read both that the total timing (aiming for 36) is WITH the vac. advance and WITHOUT the vac. advance hooked up. Wich is it? When I have the vacuum advance hooked up I pass the 36* goal and when it's disconnected I don't reach it. This...

I'm covering my face in my hands... But partly, I can blame both myself and this book: I really liked this book. It has helped me alot during the build but it has ONE big error! On the last pages there's pictures of torque secuences and other "good to have at hand-stuff". For example a very...

Ok. As for now, I've shielded off the wires from the dist. I also set the pickup gap to 0.008" and installed a new ministarter. Gonna give it another attempt later today.

I found this thread. Interesting reading! http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/15704/high-rpm-misfire-solved.html Thing is, as i disassembled my engine i cut the distributor wires and put on a couple of (unshielded) crimp terminals just to remember the wiring. As I made my...

Is there any downsides by turning it backwards? Longer fuel hose from the pump, and the shortest pipe going to the secondary and vice versa...?

Yes. Of course some of the stuff is totally basic. I've rebuilt the engine from scratch by myself, so I have some knowledge, but of course, somtimes it's the most basic stuff one can miss... I double checked everything yesterday, and threw on a different set of spark wires that I know for sure...

Also, I'm running with my old stock starter motor. Do you think it's too heavy to pull a 10,5:1 comp engine with that old piece of weight?

It rotates counterclock. I checked my friends chevy smallblock (clockwise) distributor and it had the slack clockwise, so I guess thats the way it's supposed to be... But I'm still curious bout the arrow on the cam on the distributor pointing clockwise..