FYI, these limiter plates work great for guys with mopar distributors
http://www.4secondsflat.com/Mopar%20Mechanical%20timing%20limiter%20plate.htm

I just got done installing and tuning a whiplash cam in my friends 400 big block with and Edelbrock carb and wideband. You WILL have to recurve the distributor to get it to work. I ended up with 20 degrees initial timing. Had around 8 inches of vacuum in neutral at idle. Could not get the throttle blades backed down to the tranfer slots, so I had to drill the primary blades to bypass more air. Once I got the blades back into the right spot, idle was way too lean. So, I restricted the idle air bleeds which got my idle mixture good. Then it was just normal tuning of the cruise and WOT numbers. In the end the car does run good now and have good power, but I don't think I would use another whiplash cam.

I wonder where the difference lies between our builds? I am at 15 degrees initial timing and have 15 inches of vacuum at idle.

Ignorance kicked in and I am so over it. close enough and sounds good enough to trade the engine/trans for a 318/727 that's already tuned and running. I drove it last night and made the deal this morning.

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Ignorance kicked in and I am so over it. close enough and sounds good enough to trade the engine/trans for a 318/727 that's already tuned and running. I drove it last night and made the deal this morning. [/quote]

Noooooooo!!!!!

just my luck! I roll out the yard 6:30 this morning to head 40 miles to B&E performance to drop off the truck for the engine swap.

got 2 miles from the house and like a switch lost all IGN/spark to the firecore dist.

still has power to the coil with key though. so not sure whats up yet.

I am making a post on trouble shooting system. never cared for the mopar pick-up style parts so not sure how to test any of it.

I hope to drop the points dist back in at noon to get it to the shop for the swap.