[C2] Holley Carb
Drifting
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From: Pittsburgh PA
basically you can get it to total timing, for example 36 degrees, and then you just line up the zero mark on the balancer with 0 on the timing tab.
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Update: car runs better, cooler, and faster.
Mr Gasket is my hero lol. Black/silver spring= full mech @ 3,000 total 40°, with vacuum capped. Added vacuum, adjust idle and seems to run cooler, definitely better below 1,500. Is it faster, no idea, it spins tires through 2nd no matter how bad I tune it.
BTW, anyone else hate the distributor “cage”?
Mr Gasket is my hero lol. Black/silver spring= full mech @ 3,000 total 40°, with vacuum capped. Added vacuum, adjust idle and seems to run cooler, definitely better below 1,500. Is it faster, no idea, it spins tires through 2nd no matter how bad I tune it.
BTW, anyone else hate the distributor “cage”?
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Congratulations! 40 degrees is high but glad to hear she is stronger than ever.
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Update: car runs better, cooler, and faster.
Mr Gasket is my hero lol. Black/silver spring= full mech @ 3,000 total 40°, with vacuum capped. Added vacuum, adjust idle and seems to run cooler, definitely better below 1,500. Is it faster, no idea, it spins tires through 2nd no matter how bad I tune it.
BTW, anyone else hate the distributor “cage”?
Mr Gasket is my hero lol. Black/silver spring= full mech @ 3,000 total 40°, with vacuum capped. Added vacuum, adjust idle and seems to run cooler, definitely better below 1,500. Is it faster, no idea, it spins tires through 2nd no matter how bad I tune it.
BTW, anyone else hate the distributor “cage”?
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I would have set lower, but that metal housing stops me from turning it more clockwise (It was 85 yesterday and the car never went over 210, in a mix H/C driving). All I need is another 1" lol. Now the chrome go faster cage does screw "numbers matching" Pretty sure I read that on Google.
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If so inclined you can probably fix the interference problem with the cover by pulling the distributor, knocking out the drift pin in the bottom drive gear, rotate the gear 1/2 turn and reinsert the drift pin. The gear has an odd number of teeth (13) so doing this moves the distributor 1/2 tooth in relation to the timing or about 12-1/2 degrees. Usually with today’s questionable gas around 35-36 degree is safe for the engine.
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How much, in degrees, should a distributor more with the chrome cage still in place? Im asking to see if I just rotate the plug wires one space.
Would I more the plug wires clockwise or counter clockwise?
Would I more the plug wires clockwise or counter clockwise?