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More updates and questions!
I moved the camshaft one tooth back to see what it would do (the best setting previously was setting the dizzy ALL the way back, and even then it didn't seem that great). I moved the belt one tooth forward (or set the cam one tooth back, whichever way you look at it). This resulted in the timing being after TDC, so I moved the dizzy back as far as it can go again, which resulted in my own little gouge mark on the crank pulley indicating about 10 deg btdc. Now the low end is pretty different... just usable. I can get along if I rev a little bit before taking off from a complete stop. The top end if beautiful now. Nice and smooth. The acceleration used to be pretty fierce on the bottom end, but it would top out and not be that great on the highway. Tough to strike a balance here... is accomplishing this balance achieved using one of those custom sprockets? Is that whay they're for?
In other news, I was driving to Providence with the Civic and the driver's side front lower ball joint just suddenly sheared off.... luckily there was no major accident. whacked the guardrail a little. No damage to the undercarriage or me. Woohoo! Feels pretty awesome to be alive.
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