timing plate

[Russ69Runner]

On my 383 motor. There is a timing plate down by the harmonic balancer. The drilled hole is tdc. Now before that is a few slashes on the plate. Can not read what they indicate on degrees. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Russ.

 

[mopar jack]

Does it look like this?

 

[Russ69Runner]

Yes that is it. Now I see 10 before but what is the first one just in front of the word before in degrees. Appreciate the help. Russ.

 

[mopar jack]

All 6 marks are an equal distance apart which would make the 1st line 15 degrees before.

 

[MoparDan]

Well actually the 1st line is 5 btc then 10, then 15. After is 5 then 10. Hey Russ does your timing light have a dial to change the pattern? If it does turn it until the light indicates "0" then read the timing light.

 

[69hemibeep]

Well actually if you read it like a book the 1st line is 10 after tdc

 

[mopar jack]

If I read it like a book left to right 1st line 15 before 2nd line 10 before 3rd line 5 before 4th is zero 5th 5 after and 6th 10 after.

 

[Terry Hauck]

Here you go Russ. You can see this one really well.

 

[69hemibeep]

There you go left to right

 

[Russ69Runner]

Does it look like this?

View attachment 38447

Thanks for the picture that helped.

 

[Russ69Runner]

Well actually the 1st line is 5 btc then 10, then 15. After is 5 then 10. Hey Russ does your timing light have a dial to change the pattern? If it does turn it until the light indicates "0" then read the timing light.

Bought one from HBF. It has the dial on the back of the light. Just set it too 0 and went with it.

 

[Russ69Runner]

Here you go Russ. You can see this one really well. View attachment 38450

Thank you, Terry. Got it timed in. Still runs warm. It is so hot out side and thought I had it running around 180 in warm weather. Oh well these blocks to tend to run pretty darn hot.

 

[Russ69Runner]

There you go left to right

Got It bob. Thanks for the info.

 

[Russ69Runner]

So, I got my seven-blade fan in and on the car. Still running at 190 on the road. At stop light gets around 200 degrees. Gues this is as go as it will get. Tried a bigger radiator with more cores but not enough room for it to work. Do have fan shroud on it and it is a 26-inch rad. Just would like it to have a 180 temp when driving. After reading other forums 190 is just about a norm for the motor. 383. It is like we are never done working on these old runner's trying to improve the performance.