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| Author: | dakight [ Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | New dizzy |
It arrived today, so what do I have and what do I need to do with it? The vacuum pot is marked as 8.5R and the blue tag on the side reads: 20 9 3755042 It appears to be shop worn but I don't believe it's ever been in an engine. |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:22 pm ] |
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3755042 is a stock '73-'74 slant-6 passenger car distributor. Should work well as is, and if you want you can tweak the advance curves later. I recommend the HEI upgrade, install a NAPA Echlin long-tip rotor # MO-3000 with Standard-Bluestreak CH-410X cap and (if you have a '74-down head w/spark plug tubes) put in NGK ZFR5N plugs gapped to 0.045". |
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| Author: | dakight [ Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:27 pm ] |
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I was hoping that it was a stock distributor and not a "high performance" unit with whacked out advance curves. Thanks for the quick answer! |
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| Author: | DusterIdiot [ Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Neat! |
Quote: 3755042 is a stock '73-'74 slant-6 passenger car distributor. Should work well as is, and if you want you can tweak the advance curves later.
Actually the curve on that guy is very lazy (at TDC it lays in something like 18-20 degrees of mechanical advance at highway speeds- and I can't get the 1 barrel car to rev high enough to get the whole 15R=30 degree limit either), and I have had some good success on "Beater Valiant" using this distributor set to 5 BTDC initial (stock it's set at TDC, and kind of "sluggy" with the stock 1 barrel A-904)... Later you can set the curve on it easily as per previous articles... Cool! -D.Idiot |
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