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2007-03-08 14:50:12 · 6 answers · asked by doug s 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
fords didn't have hemi's
2007-03-08 14:57:54 · answer #1 · answered by kelly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is like the last court room scene in the movie "My cousin Vinny".
D.A. Jim Trotter: Now, uh, Ms. Vito, being an expert on general automotive knowledge, can you tell me... what would the correct ignition timing be on a 1955 Bel Air Chevrolet, with a 327 cubic-inch engine and a four-barrel carburetor?
Mona Lisa Vito: It's a bullshit question.
D.A. Jim Trotter: Does that mean that you can't answer it?
Mona Lisa Vito: It's a bullshit question, it's impossible to answer.
D.A. Jim Trotter: Impossible because you don't know the answer!
Mona Lisa Vito: Nobody could answer that question!
D.A. Jim Trotter: Your Honor, I move to disqualify Ms. Vito as a "expert witness"!
Judge Chamberlain Haller: Can you answer the question?
Mona Lisa Vito: No, it is a trick question!
Judge Chamberlain Haller: Why is it a trick question?
Vinny Gambini: [to Bill] Watch this.
Mona Lisa Vito: 'Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center.
D.A. Jim Trotter: Well... um... she's acceptable, Your Honor.
2007-03-09 18:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by a simple man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it has been a long time since I have set the timing on a distributer system. I am sure that you need a timing light, a gap tool and a dwell meter, both of which I still have in my garage.
2007-03-08 22:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by Skypilot49 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
354 is a Chrysler hemi and it has a hole in the bell housing to time it.
2007-03-08 23:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by denbobway 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First thing you do is clean off your harmonic ballancer and take some chalk and mark the timmimg mark you will see it , It is already there you just have to clean it off, Next clean off the Gage on to left side if it is a ford , find #1 cylinder hook up your timing light watch your timing light cables don't cut them off, Next start car or truck shine light to the top of the HB and watch the lines if they line up you are OK , now if they don't stop motor loosen distributor start motor and adjust tighten dist, and your good ,, good luck
2007-03-08 23:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by JT B ford man 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
wait until she has finished the tall boy beer, ........THEN the timing should be right.
2007-03-08 22:58:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋