Hey guys

I've been playing with one of my spare /6 elec distributer.

I've replaced the heavy spring with a lighter one (but ends in a loop, as Doc always advices) and I welded a R15 govnor to make it about R9.






So now I have a total of 18~20 degrees mech advance, if I understood correctly what you were saying.

My question is: do I have to add the vacuum unit to the total addition in order to know how much initial timing I can use? I have an old R2, a R2.5, a R5.5 and a R8.5 vacuum units... wich one should I use with this particular dist?

Thanks in advance
Juan

You could use the 8.5 vacc. pod...

the formula that MP used was 10 initial, 20 advance (mech), and 20 vacc...

so I'd set the distributor to TDC, use a dial back timing light and a grease board/note pad, and have a buddy take notes on your mechanical advance until it stops advancing at 2-300 rpm intervals (watch the tach...go 800, 1000, 1200, 1400..etc...)...once you know you have 20 adv., try to get a '10' vacc pod, or you might even try the 8.5 to see what that does for you...hope the gas is good enough to get the 10 BTDC +20 more mech. + 20 more Vacc... at cruise you're looking for...

so far your pics look muy bueno!

-D.Idiot

gas is good! i'm using premium 100 octanes... it won't ping! I'll go for what you're advising to me. Thanks DI.

By the way, what the heck's a cam button? never heard of those.

Take care, thanks for your compliments about my work

Juan

another Q (for DI or whoever wanna reply)

do you know where I can get (online) vac advance units? i mean, I can't get the auto trans ones down here, and since I have a buddy living up in rochester who always travellin down here, I can get them online and have them shipped to his place...

thanx