[daddyjeep]

So in an effort to get the old 454 pulling the way it should, I figured it was about time I put the timing light on it. It was retarded a fair amount. According to the google I should set it to around 18 degrees advanced with the vacuum advance hooked up. This seems like an odd way to set the timing, but id certainly did make the old truck run better. So much so that I was able to spend a fair amount of time above 70mph on the interstate with the Jeep tagging along behind. Of course this meant that it got real thirsty. I averaged 4mpg for the trip. I guess I need to keep my speeds down under 60. This truck wasn't built to run those speeds.