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Old 09-22-2010, 12:59 PM
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OK, here's a question on the mechanical advance cam adjustment. My cam has two options, 15L and 10L for 30 degrees and 20 degrees mech advance.

When I took it out, 15L was on the limit pin, but I don't know that it was ever advancing properly and knowing that these cars like 18-22 degrees of base timing (mine was set at 22), it seems that adding another 30 degrees on top of that for a total of 52 would be WAY too much.

Thoughts? Should I go ahead and switch it to the 10L/20 degrees advance? And if I do this, as long as I rotate the assembly so that the rotor is in the exact same position as it was when I took out the distributor, the timing should be similar to what I started with, correct?
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