Recent content by vulkus

I have a VE Berlina, with only about 70k on the clock, I just did a trip up to my brothers place at Gin Gin in QLD. I used E10 95 going up, and Premium (most likely 95) coming back and it made only a marginal difference. This is because my car was, previous to my ownership was a commercial...

It's all good I asked my older brother the commo guru, and he suggested that the harmonic balancer had slipped. So I timed it according to TDC and now my car runs again. Looks like I need a new harmonic balancer.

I originally posted in the blue/black dizzy section. I am stumped by my VK. It had the EST dizzy in it. It ran before I changed the carb from the varijet to a 350 holley. I am stuck on trying to static time the engine. I am guessing I am either incompetent or just can't follow directions. I...

My question is this, I have the donor car with the HEI, I have my car with the EST. Do I need to static time the engine first? Or do I just throw salt over my shoulder and pull out the EST dizzy and plop in the HEI?