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Originally Posted by Va68goat
Formulajones,
I know you're more experienced than I am but you can't say if the noise is the same or not. You're not here. NOTHING has been determined yet. I know you're backing Paul but my allegience is to my motor and the money spent on it. At this point, I don't care who's feelings get hurt. I did notice that you didn't address my question if the distributor bushing could have been damaged when the motor blew up on the dyno. That in itself is telling. I see that you're cheerleading here and you only address questions that could support Paul. I don't care what your perception is of me by having conversations with Paul but only giving opinions that puts blame on everything other than a select few facts does not help.
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And you throwing fuel on the flames with no basis for facts is helping?? LOL Especially since you haven't even set the timing yet. Common...
Okay look, You've posted the noises with video.
A fact we know already....the clicking noise early on that was intermittent was the reluctor wheel in the distributor contacting the pickup. There is no arguing that. Fixed and done.
Could the distributor bushing have been damaged when it "spun a rod bearing??" (It didn't BLOW UP) That's nothing but speculation and no way of knowing that for sure. That part of the engine relies mainly on splash lubrication anyway and doesn't get all that much oil back there unless you drill that oil galley plug. So constantly going on about whether it could have done this or that is just jibber jabber. There is nothing telling about it. So there, that's pretty much the gist of it and answers your question.
I would rather stick to what we know for sure, that's what is going to help you and everyone else here. Plain and simple.
What we know for sure is that the timing needs to be set. Paul told you that. This also confirms my suspicion that your noise you have now that you posted for everyone to listen to, is likely a pre-ignition scenario. I've heard this noise before. Usually an engine that has too much timing at idle will do this. It was also more telling that the noise went away when the engine was revved. The fact that Paul says the timing needs to be reset because he pulled the distributor before shipment is also telling and goes along with where I believe the noise is originating from. So lets just concentrate on that first. There is no sense in throwing mud or assuming this or that. It's pointless.