1950 engine timming

1954Hudson
1954Hudson Member
edited November -1 in HUDSON
1950 Hudson 8 cyl - What is udc ? Flywheel has one long line and four short lines. Where do i set the timming.Manual refers to udc 1-8" mark

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  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    UDC is for "Upper Dead Center," what most folks call "TDC." It's the long mark. For modern 87 octane gas, you can set it 2-3 marks in advance of the UDC mark (the timing recommendations were based on 80 octane).
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