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Old 07-23-2017, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jkg2101 View Post
some other interesting points:

i am running the engine with a vintage (rebuilt) ford dual point distributor. I set up the mechanical advance to give a total of 20 degrees of advance, and I only have a light spring, so I run about 16 degrees at idle (1000 rpm) and 36 total by 2000. I probably will increase timing a bit, since the engine seems to like it
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You are not alone - I'm running a 63 dual point distributor in mine that I sent to Tim O'Connor to restore/rebuild and set up and so far it's been flawless. I think mine has 22 degrees centrifugal in it and I run 14 initial so not too much different. It looks much more vintage cool than that red topped, billet monster.
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