Don's correct on the if it jumped it wouldn't run at all, I had a 318 in a 70's van (long hair and all) that jumped twice before I could get it fixed, we just cranked more distributor in it, crossed our fingers and lit it off, way down on power but saved the tow charge. John Althaus 1964 Hemi Savoy 4spd 214-673-7540 cell In a message dated 6/2/2008 8:05:31 A.M. Central Standard Time, big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: if it was off a tooth it wouldnt rn at all. I beg your pardon but it most vertainly will . it iwll just require a lot of distributor advance to run. We often brought cars with jumped timing chains to the shop by advancing the timing. That was before you had to worry about bending a valve. Big amaercan V8s. Saveda tow call and we were ucky. One tooth is about 12 degress i think. I used to knw because i measured it once. Aftermarket dampner? I ALWAYS SUSPECT trouble with aftermarket parts. Why do you not remark it. it takes only a few minutes to doso. then you know for sure Don Author of Return to Deutschland (True Adventure) Old Reliable (Mopar) http://altonapublicschool.faithweb.com/ http://seniordragster.bravehost.com/index.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.