[67drake]

I rebuilt my buddies 4Jet for his ‘61 Cutlass. Finally had time to put it on today. Car ran great at first. Then we checked the timing. Olds calls for 8 degrees at 850 RPM. It was at 26 initial (Yes, advance was plugged!) Back it down to 10 and it ran like crap, tried 18, better but ran best at 26!
More investigation to do there! Timing chain? Balancer slipped?
I never have done much wrenching in my ‘55, but knew my timing was advanced because of the slow cranking and surging at cruise. Figured as long as I have my tools out I’ll work on mine.
Mine calls for 5 at idle, and it was 30! Geez. Ran best at 11 initial, so left it there. You’d think I put a new battery in it! Surge gone too!
Then went out and collected more bugs with my windshield.