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Vertical movement in distributor?? #1612673 04/27/14 12:52 PM 04/27/14 12:52 PM
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hemi-itis OP I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,589 Great Neck,LI,new york	I went to change the cap & rotor for PM and noticed over a 1/4 inch of vertical movement in the shaft,would this cause a miss at WOT?? 8125884-8.21.12008.jpg (92 downloads) HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612674 04/27/14 02:04 PM 04/27/14 02:04 PM
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MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Most have slop in them.. as to a 1/4" that is a bit much... time for a collar on the shaft to keep the timing tight(as the intermediate shaft moves up and down the timing changes)

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1612675 04/27/14 02:11 PM 04/27/14 02:11 PM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	what kind of dist is that?

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: Quicktree] #1612676 04/27/14 03:08 PM 04/27/14 03:08 PM
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MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: what kind of dist is that? That looks like the old tach drive thats been changed over to electronic or it was electronic and tach drive

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1612677 04/27/14 05:04 PM 04/27/14 05:04 PM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: Quote: what kind of dist is that? That looks like the old tach drive thats been changed over to electronic or it was electronic and tach drive thats what I was thinking and although they ran fine I thought with that big Hemi he would have moved into the 21st century and I figured his fried Chris would help him out

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1612678 04/27/14 05:05 PM 04/27/14 05:05 PM
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hemi-itis OP I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,589 Great Neck,LI,new york	Mr p would be right,old MP electronic with tach drive. Think it's time for a Firecore distributor & wires 8126123-8.21.12007.jpg (70 downloads) Last edited by hemi-itis; 04/27/14 05:06 PM. HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612679 04/27/14 05:09 PM 04/27/14 05:09 PM
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hemi-itis OP I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,589 Great Neck,LI,new york	Think that might be causing a high rpm miss Will still be a few weeks before I can do any testing HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612680 04/27/14 05:16 PM 04/27/14 05:16 PM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	I don't know about the firecore dist, thats a chinese piece, don't know if MSD are made here still or not. they may be chinese now also? and a high speed miss can be caused by any number of things from fuel to electrical noise issues to a bad part or plug/wires,valve spring etc

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612681 04/27/14 06:11 PM 04/27/14 06:11 PM
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MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: Think that might be causing a high rpm miss Will still be a few weeks before I can do any testing If the timing is jumping around then yes it could cause a miss... with a 1/4" of vertical movement the intermediate shaft would be turning a FAIR amount and it would be hard to say what the timing is at any given point.. yeah it might be time to get a new dist unless you feel like rebuilding that one... but if you dont use the tach drive why bother(and I dont see a cable hooked up to it)

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1612682 04/27/14 06:36 PM 04/27/14 06:36 PM
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hemi-itis OP I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,589 Great Neck,LI,new york	Have not used the tach MANY years Time to replace and I think Rich has a great product It might just be a lean pop,but until I get this rotater cuff back in shape,I can't even get in & out of the car HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612683 04/27/14 07:10 PM 04/27/14 07:10 PM
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MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: Have not used the tach MANY years Time to replace and I think Rich has a great product It might just be a lean pop,but until I get this rotater cuff back in shape,I can't even get in & out of the car Sucks getting old... I had both shoulders rebuilt and had 1 done again... yep it sucks getting old

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612684 04/27/14 07:43 PM 04/27/14 07:43 PM
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fourgearsavoy I Live Here Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,555 Rittman Ohio	Quote: Have not used the tach MANY years Time to replace and I think Rich has a great product It might just be a lean pop,but until I get this rotater cuff back in shape,I can't even get in & out of the car Go with the tall mechanical unit and a fresh set of wires and never look back. The Firecore50 has rock solid reliability and a good advance curve built in from the factory and all you really need to fine tune is the amount of advance you're engine wants. Gus 8126261-moriaburnout.JPG (43 downloads) 64 Plymouth Savoy 493 Indy EZ's by Nick at Compu-Flow 5-Speed Richmond faceplate Liberty box Dana 60

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612685 04/27/14 07:51 PM 04/27/14 07:51 PM
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nss guy pro stock N Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,443 central ohio	I have the same cable drive dist. verify the pick-up gap, too large of a gap will cause trouble also.

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: nss guy] #1612686 04/27/14 10:27 PM 04/27/14 10:27 PM
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max_maniac master M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,354 Aurora, Oh.	I am getting rid of my "tall mechanical distributor" and installing exactly what you have Russ

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: max_maniac] #1612687 04/28/14 10:07 PM 04/28/14 10:07 PM
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hemi-itis OP I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,589 Great Neck,LI,new york	Quote: I am getting rid of my "tall mechanical distributor" and installing exactly what you have Russ Russ,your going back to a MOPAR unit?,,,,Why??,,,,, HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: hemi-itis] #1612688 04/29/14 11:01 AM 04/29/14 11:01 AM
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B G Racing master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,910 Eighty Four, PA	Pull the distributer and remove the pin and collar at the bottom.Sometimes the collar is not drilled in the middle and can be reveresed to eliminate the extra clearence or just add shims between the collar and housing. [IMG]http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq21/ajcasini/max_zpsdppwd9km.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Vertical movement in distributor?? [Re: B G Racing] #1612689 04/29/14 11:22 AM 04/29/14 11:22 AM
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hemi-itis OP I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,589 Great Neck,LI,new york	Thanks Bob. HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

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