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Old May 10, 2019 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by drwet
Yes its possible, but it probably means someone has been in there before, or one of your springs is broken. Get a kit with a selection of springs and start experimenting. Set your initial timing at 15 degrees advanced and play with the springs until you get the desired all in by 3000. Come back and tell us how amazing the improvement is. Then you can start playing with the vacuum advance. (As Verysoon pointed out, make sure your vacuum advance is connected to manifold vacuum, not ported.)
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Does that look reasonable?
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Old May 10, 2019 | 10:24 AM
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It looks reasonable, although I would probably stick with a name brand. Check this out:

https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...make/chevrolet

You probably don't need the weights. In my experience the factory ones work better. Just use the springs.
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