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Originally Posted by TRADERMIKE 2012
The Dist. has a factory number on it and it came with the 428 ci motor that I have. It has been converted to Elec. Ignition prior to my purchasing this project. My current timing is 6 degrees BTDC and I am all in by 3000-3500 now, why change it and how can I use what I bought in parts kit best?
The kit has weights and springs and (some say) to use my Factory Weights, because they can be milled to better, closer and tighter tolerances. I have a document in my archives that depicts that procedure. I have also been told to use my original springs with the ones that came in the kit. Then there is the stop device that I bought, it is Black, off round and has a corrugated edge. I also bought an adjustable Vacuum Canister. The directions are included with all the various parts, thank God. It has been a while since I read those directions though. I have saved lots of information on tuning the Engine, there must be at least 3 or 4 that sound true. Am I really, by the seat of my pants, going to feel or see a difference in performance without having to test and tune on a race track?
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You absolutely will feel a difference when you get the timing right. As tom S said, set your initial to 12 and check your total timing. Make sure to disconnect the vacuum advance (as already stated). Then you will need a dial back timing light or a marked balancer to check your total advance. If you have a factory balancer, you can mark 34 degrees, for example, and use that as a total timing reference mark. I had mine marked at 36. Or get a timing tape for your diameter balancer. Easy enough to figure, or measure, the circumference and divide by 360.