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Re: [oletrucks] 55 2nd (wanna'be'rod) update

To: Ole Trucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 55 2nd (wanna'be'rod) update
From: WR Teto <monadnoc@wgserv.crystal-mtn.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 22:23:02 -0400
> Anybody
> got a good guess at the gap or dwell specs for a generic 350 circa
> ~1972?

Ryan, my Haynes manual for my 72 Chevelle lists the following specs:

  breaker point gap:  .019"
  dwell angle:  29-31 degrees
  centrifugal advance:  roughly 11-12 degrees @2200 RPM
  vacuum advance:  0 degrees @ 8" mercury
                   15 degrees @ 15" mercury
  ignition timing:  6-8 degrees BTDC at idle

Rough guesses in a couple of cases, especially the centrifugal advance
due to the differences in motor HP offered in the 72, but should get you
in the ballpark.

Wally / Templeton, MA
53 3100
72 Chevelle Malibu


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