Previously we discussed how to find power by merely optimizing the distributor in More Power For Your Leaning Tower. In the story, we found the minimum initial timing and total ignition timing of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s (Penn College) 1967 Dodge Dart test vehicle. We ran the Dart through a series of three runs on a Mustang chassis dyno. In the end the peak torque was up 26 lb/ft to 143 lb/ft at 2900 rpm, and the peak horsepower had increased 14 hp to 89 horsepower at 3600 rpm. Encouraged with the power modifications, we moved our focus to the economy aspects of distributor tuning.

Read the whole story at Mopar Connection HERE: