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Old 08-26-2019, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by HWYSTR455 View Post
My last iron head engine was a .030 over 400, scr was 9.98. I swapped multiple cams thru it, and it just wasn't worth the effort of tuning to keep it out of det. Bad tank of gas, dial the timing back. Weather gets above 90 degrees, dial the timing back. 3-4 people in the car, dial the timing back. It was insane, would literally carry a timing light with me and dial it back on the side of the road. I had marks on the dizzy base and a mark on the block, could do it that way, but preferred to use the light, was more accurate.

I'm at about 300' elevation though.



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Do you know the deck height on that combo? Just trying to account for all the variables.

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