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i cannot figure out where the timing is, however, i know the timing is not the issue here



ummmm, yeah ok... yet it's fuming you out...

If you give the engine more initial advance does it pick up RPM?

That cam should idle below 1000rpm.

I wonder if you turn the idle down you get a drop in timing. Mechanical being bled in at a low RPM. Happens all the time.

The carb is running on the transfer slots, that's part of the reason it's fuming you out.

If you don't have a timing tape, do a hillbilly timing tape. With the timing mark on the pass side, turn the balancer line to the bottommost indicator mark, mark a line 15* towards the top of balancer, turn the new marked line down to the lowest tab mark and make another mark 15* up. Now you can get the timing set in a range to about 45* BTDC.

DO NOT set the car using the total timing method. Set it by most vacuum/constant rpm, starter kickback or advancing until it no longer pick up RPM/resetting to constant. Somewhere in the 16-22* range should work. Shoot for an idle rpm of 900 in park.

Baseline the carb at 1.5 turns out on the idle mix screws. Start over.

DO NOT be concerned with total timing now. That's the second piece of the puzzle.