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Originally Posted by USALT1
It doesn't matter if the dot is at 6 o'clock or 12 o'clock, it seems small block chevy cams come both ways, so you're either at top dead center on #1 or 180* out & tdc on #6. Just put your finger over the #1 spark plug hole, & when #1 is coming up to tdc on compression it will blow air out past your finger, now with the timing mark at 10* before tdc put the distributor in with the rotor on #1.
we did just that, and after that it would start w/out backfiring. But it still does this. We're totally at a loss here. This shouldn't be happening!
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