How to Degree an engine
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der Spieler
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I have a book called "How to Build Big Inch Chevy Small Blocks" that has a chapter on it and I have an engine building video that walks you through it. I can scan the article or I can copy the video and send it to you. Which do you prefer.
Screaming Metal
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Yea Rick, they are all pretty much the same. All you have to do is go to any engine building site or cam site, look around and they'll have it there. I'd tell you, but it's kinda long....plus I go into a lot of stuff most everyone else doesn't mess with.
On the Newer Degree wheels, they have it printed right on em'........just remember....take your time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the Newer Degree wheels, they have it printed right on em'........just remember....take your time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAceT
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Yeah it is not that hard but you really ned to take your time. I've degreed almost all my engines now. The first thing though is set everything in as normal and if you a cam degreeing buttons put 0 in forst and go through the process. Then you'll have a better starting point. When I set it at 0 I found it was not 0 it was 1. So I took my 6 degree button and put it in for an advance of 5 degrees. It makes a difference.
Just take your time.
Just take your time.
A Ford engine is a bit diferent but pretty much the same process.Steve sent me a PDF and its all in there.The reason i was asking was i brought my engine to tdc(by just looking at the top of the piston)well once you get to the top with the piston the crank will keep going for a bit before the piston starts to come back down.Well by doing it the bone head way i cant and the speed shop cant pick up the timing with a light.Its a bunch of degress advanced and no mater what you do with the distributor you cant pick it up so i'm going to start from scratch and do it right this time the engine ran great but it burns rich and no mater what we do it wont go away.The cars been running great for two years now btw.HAceT said:
joes23t
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Becouse of that Rick you should make a pistin stop once you hit the stop you read the dagree and rotate it back the other way till you hit the stop agin then half the distance between the to reading will be true top dead center.Remove the stop rotate the motor to true TDC and then you can zero the degree wheel. Joe
Screaming Metal
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HAceT said:
Yea man....they got ya on the right track........get a piston stop as they told ya......or if ya like to make stuff....bust the center out of a oldplug and tap it out and install a hardened bolt.....just be sure to grind a smooth radius on it so you won 't gouge your piston. Also use a indicator either on your lifter or on the rockerarm just above the pushrod so you can check your lift at .050 as your cam card says....that'll confirm things for ya....
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