Just picked up this 65 El Camino and I want to see if I can squeeze a little more power out of it. Eventually I'd like to build a 350 with a 671 sticking through the hood, but for now I'd like to make the most of this motor.
I popped off a valve cover and it has some decent steel heads (3782461). It also has stamped steel rocker arms with roller tips. Other than that it has some stock exhaust manifolds, a summit dual-plane intake and an Edelbrock 650 carburetor.
The first thing I did today was verify TDC. Then I put a timing light on it and it seemed to have about 10 degrees initial and then went up to 36 as I revved the motor, but that's where it got odd. As I added revs, the timing kept climbing to nearly 50 degrees advance. I've included a picture of the distributor, as it looks like an old points distributor that's been upgraded.
My plan is to sort out the timing and AFR, upgrade the exhaust to some long tubes with 3" pipes and see how she runs then.
Do you guys have any ideas on the timing?
I popped off a valve cover and it has some decent steel heads (3782461). It also has stamped steel rocker arms with roller tips. Other than that it has some stock exhaust manifolds, a summit dual-plane intake and an Edelbrock 650 carburetor.
The first thing I did today was verify TDC. Then I put a timing light on it and it seemed to have about 10 degrees initial and then went up to 36 as I revved the motor, but that's where it got odd. As I added revs, the timing kept climbing to nearly 50 degrees advance. I've included a picture of the distributor, as it looks like an old points distributor that's been upgraded.
My plan is to sort out the timing and AFR, upgrade the exhaust to some long tubes with 3" pipes and see how she runs then.
Do you guys have any ideas on the timing?