[nytrainer]

once you set the initial timing the mechanical advance (centrifical) of the distributor should increase the timing in the neighborhood of roughly 20 degrees. You are saying that your initial is 30 degrees and total equals 36 and that would lead me to believe your mechanical advance in the distributor is only providing six degrees advance. A little early in the game to say there is something wrong with the base plate in your distributor so best to have you rerun the tests and get some numbers. I definitely would not have my initial at 30 degrees.

[Darth Menace]

Originally Posted by nytrainer

once you set the initial timing the mechanical advance (centrifical) of the distributor should increase the timing in the neighborhood of roughly 20 degrees. You are saying that your initial is 30 degrees and total equals 36 and that would lead me to believe your mechanical advance in the distributor is only providing six degrees advance. A little early in the game to say there is something wrong with the base plate in your distributor so best to have you rerun the tests and get some numbers. I definitely would not have my initial at 30 degrees.

Alright, I will get this done. I will take a video which should help better explain.


That being said, I didnt have the vacuum advance plugged in any way. I just unplugged the hose at the vacuum advance and kept it sitting there. Also, it was not in Neutral or drive while I did any of thise. I don't know if either of these should have made a difference.

[nytrainer]

You are using manifold vacuum for the distributor advance then when you unplug it from the distributor you must plug the hose with something, I use a golf tee because it's tapered, otherwise the RPM's will raise and you're not setting your true initial timing. You are introducing some centrifical advance when its not at idle. so look at the instructions again and try to follow it setting your initial then you could check your all in. We can go from there.