Re: Timing, Best Street/Strip Distributer for 340/360
[Re: Dragula]
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07/14/11 02:38 PM
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I use the MP dist and its easy to set the advance... I set about 18 initial and 34 total... I dont have the vac advance on this one but I might get one with vac for the street rod 
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Re: Timing, Best Street/Strip Distributer for 340/360
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07/14/11 03:17 PM
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It wants 24-25 initial and I have run as much as 41 total. I am still tinkering with total, but when I bring it down to 38, it kills my idle....Too big of a spread to get a really good idle and the total where I want it.
Last edited by Dragula; 07/14/11 03:18 PM.
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Re: Timing, Best Street/Strip Distributer for 340/360
[Re: Dragula]
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07/14/11 04:59 PM
07/14/11 04:59 PM
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It wants 24-25 initial and I have run as much as 41 total. I am still tinkering with total, but when I bring it down to 38, it kills my idle....Too big of a spread to get a really good idle and the total where I want it.
The MP one will do what you want... it has about 25*
of advance in the dist so you would have to reduce the
advance about 5*
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Re: Timing, Best Street/Strip Distributer for 340/360
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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07/14/11 07:11 PM
07/14/11 07:11 PM
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It wants 24-25 initial and I have run as much as 41 total. I am still tinkering with total, but when I bring it down to 38, it kills my idle....Too big of a spread to get a really good idle and the total where I want it.
The MP one will do what you want... it has about 25*
of advance in the dist so you would have to reduce the
advance about 5*
So your saying I modify my MP one that I have, because I don't think idling at 15* and having my total at 37* or 38* is going to cut it...
I was told vacuum would take care of all that, and this is an MP one with a vacuum pod, and against all my years of working on these I went with what the guy said, and I will be calling him. He asked me what vacuum the engine idles at, and I told him, I have never even owned a vacuum gauge in all the years I have been racing, well he bult it for 12, and I went and bought a gauge after recieving the distributer and it reads 5-6....All I know is, I get a great idle at 24-25, and good top end around 38-39, but I can't get both. I hate stock crap....NEVER RUN A VACUUM DISTRIBUTER ON A CAR YOU RACE! 
Last edited by Dragula; 07/14/11 07:43 PM.
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Re: Timing, Best Street/Strip Distributer for 340/360
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07/14/11 07:17 PM
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MSD E-curve would probably be your best bet - you can change it with a screwdrier
Hoping to find out in the next couple of weeks....going to fire up the 408 for the fist time, built a run-in stand 
it's a pretty cool unit....now to see if it works...LOL 
Rickster
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Re: Timing, Best Street/Strip Distributer for 340/360
[Re: rickstershemi]
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07/14/11 07:45 PM
07/14/11 07:45 PM
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Called him back, its been almost a year and he was real good about it. I have one comming with 24* initial and 36* total, no vacuum... Looked at the MSD E-curve, and I think it will hit the fire wall on my small block: http://www.jegs.com/i/MSD+Ignition/121/8504/10002/-1If I was keeping the truck, I would get one of these in the small cap version, maybe I should get one for the W2 engine in my Cuda, we will see: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CRN-1000-1811/
Last edited by Dragula; 07/14/11 07:53 PM.
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