Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-18-2024, 12:23 PM
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-18-2024, 10:52 AM
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-07-2024, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
Good news, glad to see some more progress.
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Good news, glad to see some more progress.
I'm not surprised by the results at all. There are many ways to tune these engines when we have a combination that's just not happy with "normal" timing...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-06-2024, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 80
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-06-2024, 11:37 AM
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There is a fine balance between initial timing...
There is a fine balance between initial timing and idle fuel requirements.
Most folks get it backwards when doing this sort of tuning. It's long and complicated, plus a topic of much contraversy,...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-06-2024, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
Your thinking is reversed .
A motor will...
Your thinking is reversed .
A motor will want more timing at idle as the mixture is made leaner.
Basically as leaner mixtures are used it takes longer to get the fuel to burn completely and...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-06-2024, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
If the engine responds well to more timing at...
If the engine responds well to more timing at idle and you end up that high I'd bring it in with Vacuum Advance vs base timing and shortening up the timing curve as too much initial can cause...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-04-2024, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 80
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
01-02-2024, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 80
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Remove a small manifold vacuum hose first. ...
Remove a small manifold vacuum hose first. Re-adjust the idle speed, mixture screws and see if it like s more bypass air. If so add some bypass air before messing with running the timing clear off...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-13-2023, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 7,313
For me, Cliff is up there with other "big"...
For me, Cliff is up there with other "big" Pontiac guys. Some of the big Pontiac guys when I was growing up were
HO Racing (Craig Hendrickson, Kern Osterstock, Ken Crocie), Nunzi, Pete...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-11-2023, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 80
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-11-2023, 12:20 AM
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-10-2023, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 60
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-09-2023, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 7,313
Thanks guy for the kind words. Have been away...
Thanks guy for the kind words. Have been away for a few days, BURIED in parts orders which is unusual for this time of year. Things usually slow down from around Halloween till after the holidays,...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-06-2023, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 7,313
Cliff Ruggles
Just wanted to say, Thanks to Cliff, for being there when needed.
No, he didn’t pay me 5.00 to post this, and no it’s not a paid advertisement. I don’t usually post stuff like this, but this one...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-05-2023, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 80
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-05-2023, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 80
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
I recall reading the article rocky rotella did...
I recall reading the article rocky rotella did comparing a later year SR HO intake to a 71 production one, he mentioned the change happened in 72 so all 72 production and later year SR alum intakes...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-03-2023, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,048
Correct. When I tested MSD distributor with the...
Correct. When I tested MSD distributor with the 6AL box there was a really nice improvement in how quickly the engine started in very cold weather and I actually saw a tiny bit more vacuum at idle...
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