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To: Richard Gehweiler <mini@wi.rr.com>
Subject: [Fot] distributor advance
From: Scott Janzen <s.janzen@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:23:29 -0400
As the Mallory owners know, that distributor offers the option of a  
set of different colored springs of varying strength and length, along  
with a nice graph that charts out the advance vs RPM.  Pick your  
spring to match what you want.  I have done exactly what Richard  
suggests - advance goes from zero to full between a few hundred above  
idle,  and 3,000 RPM.   The actual amount of advance is dialed in  
separately through setting the advance limits on the base plate.

On Oct 27, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Richard Gehweiler wrote:

Just a note of clarification on my previous post, I was not referring  
to disabling the advance, merely timing the engine to give the desired  
amount of full advance at speed (3000 to 3500 RPM). You can easily  
start the engine, but because the engine (on the track) never gets  
below 4000 to 5000 RPM, the "advance curve" is not an issue. On the  
track, you are always at full advance. Why go through all the work of   
getting a distributor dialed in with the correct advance curve, if the  
engine lives at full advance?......This is for a race engine, a street  
engine is an entirely different matter.


Richard Gehweiler
Stonefield Vintage Garage, Ltd.
stonefield@wi.rr.com
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