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Old 08-27-2025, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by nytrainer View Post
Is there an aftermarket distributor worth buying for a street engine?
I ask because I have same issue and after swapping to a known good carb same issue. I followed vcho455’s advice and can see after revving slowly to 3k rpm and returning to idle I pick up a few degrees (6 ish) advance and it’s different amount after each rev. It’s an original dizzy (‘68) with a Pertronix unit.

Did you read post number 4?

For that is the why your factory Dizzy is hanging up on you.

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