Timing 73 2.0L D-jet, Help Options

[steuspeed]

In pursuit of hunting idle, I have done the following. New plugs and wires. All new vacuum lines. Reset the ECU to factory notch on the knob. With a mirror, I found two straight notches on the back edge of the fan. The first one lined up with the #1 plug on the distributer and the dizzy notch mark. I believe that is TDC? It was (red) so I marked red on the front edge of the fan where I can see it through the hole with my timing light. The second one ~4 blades further (no color) I marked yellow line on the front edge. Removed both vac lines from the dizzy. Run the engine up to about 2K and I can get the red to line up with the notch. As the RPM goes higher it walks toward the passenger side out of sight. Pertronix rotor no points.

Is seems to me the my yellow line should be lining up as per Hanes manual. What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Okay, so TDC should not be the red, but the unpainted clear mark. The red is the 27 BTDC timing mark.

[steuspeed]

Okay, so I pulled the vac lines and plugged them. Turned the ECU knob to full rich. I can set the timing to the red mark like idle to 2K, then it move off to the right as I rev higher. The car starts on key turn. It idles high then comes down after about 1min, so air valve is closing proper. I tested it off car as well. It runs with a little buck/kick at low speeds. It's just not smooth. Get on it, and she goes pretty good. Hunting idle is still there. Inconsistent off throttle to idle speed. Any ideas?

I orders the MPS tune kit from Tangerine, so I will try and set that proper when it gets here. Mine has been tampered with by PO.

Should I swap ECUs? or Coils? Switch to stock point?

[jcd914]

Okay, so I pulled the vac lines and plugged them. Turned the ECU knob to full rich.

I can set the timing to the red mark like idle to 2K, then it move off to the right as I rev higher.

The car starts on key turn. It idles high then comes down after about 1min, so air valve is closing proper. I tested it off car as well. It runs with a little buck/kick at low speeds. It's just not smooth. Get on it, and she goes pretty good. Hunting idle is still there. Inconsistent off throttle to idle speed. Any ideas?

I orders the MPS tune kit from Tangerine, so I will try and set that proper when it gets here. Mine has been tampered with by PO.

Should I swap ECUs? or Coils? Switch to stock point?

The bold text above does not sound like the timing is set correctly.

The red 27 degree timing mark needs to line up while the engine is held at 3500 rpm.

Jim