Can Someone Explain....
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 2,473
Likes: 10
From: New Paltz, New York USA
Can Someone Explain....
What it means to recurve a distributor and how its done? I am having trouble with my timing and the guy helping me says we may have to recurve my distributor.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,940
Likes: 35
From: El Cajon California
Basically recurving means adjusting the static timing, manual advance and vacuum advance. This is done by replacing the springs and weights in the distributor then timing the engine.
I think of timing like shooting a moving target, you got to aim ahead of the target, how fast the target is moving, changes how far ahead you shoot.
I think of timing like shooting a moving target, you got to aim ahead of the target, how fast the target is moving, changes how far ahead you shoot.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,231
Likes: 34
From: Ontario
Re-curving means to change the advance weights and or springs to get the desired timing advance at the desired RPM .
The springs and weights are under the rotor , You can purchase a kit from any speed shop or on e-bay . It will contain different weight springs and different stiffness springs .
Hope this helps
Bill
The springs and weights are under the rotor , You can purchase a kit from any speed shop or on e-bay . It will contain different weight springs and different stiffness springs .
Hope this helps
Bill
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 807
Likes: 2
From: VIRGINIA BEACH VIRGINIA
Check this link out....http://www.corvette-restoration.com/...o_articles.htm
http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/foru...ad.php?t=75830
Lars is pretty well known on other sites and has pretty much written everything on timing. Google "Lars papers distributors" and you can find more.
Dan
http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/foru...ad.php?t=75830
Lars is pretty well known on other sites and has pretty much written everything on timing. Google "Lars papers distributors" and you can find more.
Dan
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 5,948
Likes: 72
From: Oxford MA-----You just lost the game!!!!
Why didn't ya just ask him what it means? If you got some guy who knows what he's doing helping you out, and he's telling you things, and you are just nodding your head and smiling, like you understand, then you are doing him a disservice.
Here's another link that does a good job explaining timing to someone who knows very little about it. It doesn't really assume any real prior knowledge on the subject.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...long-post.html
Scott
Race Director
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 11,874
Likes: 263
From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski