I am sure there is thousands of answers out there for my question but I want to turn to the pros for the right answer. I recently installed a distributor in my car. 408 sbc. I double check my timing marks and pointers are accurate etc. With distributor out( after using piston stop to verify timing marks are correct) I got onto 12 degrees before tdc on compression stroke. I lined everything up on my ditributor ( oil shaft and rotor wise) and dropped it in. Vacuum advance however was in a crappy spot so I've got it pointing between cyl 5 and 7 which I know is unusual but I'm fine with it. So I dropped in at 12* b4 tdc, my rotor is pointing to number one cyl, I marked my cap so I know where cyl 1 is and I got all my plugs in the right order. She fires up no problem and seems fine. I can move distributor around to vary static timing no problem but have not set total timing yet. My plan was to Rev up till " all in " timing is acheived ( all with vacuum advance disconnected) and then set it to 36* . I'm guessing my static timing will change a bit. Am I on he right track?
Distributor questions
- Thread starter albertaborn
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My distributor is one of those performance world deals cause thats what came with my carb to pan motor. I'm not even sure it has any sort of adjustments I can make internally. If I set my total timing at 36 ish and my initial moves to 19 let's say does that rmatter?
Distributors are adjustable. Don't know what your using your car for so I can't answer. My distributor is locked out and set to 36 deg at all times.
In that case I would run both mechanical & vacuum advance (read the post Timing mech - vac a couple before your post) also google your distributor for info on it.
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