Quote: Uh Oh Better call FBO hell sell you a phased distibutor that has been sanblasted to look new and then be a jerk ( thats a whole differnet story ) .. .but he says that phasing is important ...4secondsflat.com or something
Tom Quad is very anal about his engines, sometimes maybe too anal but why spend all that money on msd and firewires and not be concerned about phasing .. even if it helps fractionally what do you have to lose ?
read the MSD installation book .. they must be idiots ...
I've talked to FBO before and kinda got the "Do as I say and buy only my parts" feeling also. Plus I know a local guy who spent a couple grand on his parts over the winter and didn't gain even a half a tenth.
But I have to agree, even if you only gain a fraction it all adds up in the end.
Every little bit helps. Thats why the stock eliminater guys optimise everthing and a big reason they run like they do.
If I may I will ad some more. My 383 Coronet that I drag race ran a best of 12.98 @ 101 mph last fall. For what it is I was proud to get it in the 12s as that was my goal last year. Thinking about it over the winter I felt that there was some more to be gained at the top end as it didn't stumble but seamed like it was governing out. I was running a stock canister fuel filter and just a Carter mechanical pump with 3/8s fuel line. This spring I bought a $20 Carter electric pump at a swap meet and a high flow screen type filter and the first weekend out I ran a 12.88 @ 103.81 mph. The weather conditions where the same as last fall and everything else on the car was the same also and I could feal that it was pulling harder thru the traps.
All this being said, I gained a solid tenth and a couple mph. And, as my ignition seems to be fine I am going to check my distributor phasing and correct it if neccesary and if I gain another tenth then it will be well worth it. For me bracket racing sucks but it does give track time to always try to go faster.
