1977 ford f250 400 v8 ignition timing

Can someone tell me what the correct ignition timing is for my truck.
I have read that its 4 btdc and 6, 8, 12, and 14. I have a 600 holley
4 barrel on it. Thanks,
jimmy

leave the vacuum line on, run the throttle to 3000 and set it at 30 btdc.
This method will never fail you on an older engine. Safety wise, have a
partner on the brake and throttle.

--
Steve Barker




<jsbonn003 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Can someone tell me what the correct ignition timing is for my truck.
I have read that its 4 btdc and 6, 8, 12, and 14. I have a 600 holley
4 barrel on it. Thanks,
jimmy

On May 16, 7:15 pm, "Steve Barker" <ichasetra... (AT) some (DOT) yahoo.com>
wrote:

leave the vacuum line on, run the throttle to 3000 and set it at 30 btdc.
This method will never fail you on an older engine. Safety wise, have a
partner on the brake and throttle.

--
Steve Barker

jsbonn... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message

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Can someone tell me what the correct ignition timing is for my truck.
I have read that its 4 btdc and 6, 8, 12, and 14. I have a 600 holley
4 barrel on it. Thanks,
jimmy- Hide quoted text -

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I am going to try that. Thank you for the quick reply.
Thanks, jsbonn

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On May 16, 7:15 pm, "Steve Barker" <ichasetra... (AT) some (DOT) yahoo.com
wrote:
leave the vacuum line on, run the throttle to 3000 and set it at 30
btdc. This method will never fail you on an older engine. Safety
wise, have a partner on the brake and throttle.

--
Steve Barker

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Can someone tell me what the correct ignition timing is for my
truck. I have read that its 4 btdc and 6, 8, 12, and 14. I have a
600 holley 4 barrel on it. Thanks,
jimmy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I am going to try that. Thank you for the quick reply.
Thanks, jsbonn

If you do this you will be retarded on the mec advance. the vaccume
advance on most of these is almost 20 to 25 degrees. that will leave you
with only 10 degrees mech at 3000 rpm. the spec for the 400 much of the
time was 4 degrees. that year eng is very timeing sensitive. try setting
it at 6 degrees and advance it 2 degrees at a time untill pinging is
heard then back it off 2 degrees. if you have modified the eng all bets
are off, and you will have to do extended testing to get a correct mech
advance and basic timing spec. KB

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