Esslinger Power pulley question.

[Doug_Guilds]

I may have found the problem with the black car. I searched through some posts here and found something that reminded me of a thing I kind of passed off until I read it here. I have a DurasparkII in the Black car and the Red car has a TFI. I read where someone was having problems with timing just going on forever in their Dursspark, thats kind of what I had seen while timing the car at a recent test session so I ordered a new dist. That may be the problem I am having.

[car62]

glad you may have found the issue...its not rocket science,just something overlooked.

[longhornracer]

i have always ran the esslinger pulley and never have i actually used the pulley marks for the timing light. the cog behind the pulley has a arrow on it for TDC. we mark the cog where the arrow is with the spacer behind it and it gives you a perfect mark for a light.

[4bangerhotrod]

ok been havin trouble with the car not running right. 2.3 ford wont run unless the timing is around 70*, check the post esslinger pulley for all the info about it. i was checking things out and noticed that when the intake valve opens on the intake stroke it stays open past bdc and dont close completly till the piston is coming up on the compression stroke. and same for the ex valve it opens as the piston is coming up on the ex stroke and is still open at tdc and dont close completly till the piston is going down on the intake stroke. the cam is set up 3 deg adv, i thought about trying the cam at straight up with the stock cam gear but it seems that would make it even worse. im not sure about all this, that might be right but it dont look like thats right seems like the valve should be shut when the piston starts the other direction on a diff stroke.
thanks,
4bangerhotrod