Thread: Rate my engine?
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Old 05-24-2009, 07:49 AM
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purplemonte
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We have raced 2 times now but we are having distributor problems. The first time we ran in the 9.65 range but the car bogged till about half track. It took me a while but i figured out the car was getting no advance till about 4400 rpms. Tried lighter springs (HEI DIST) but got too much advance and it was erratic. Last weekend i unhooked the vacume advance and bumped the initial timing up to 20 degrees and it ran a 9.23 but still bogs for a good 120 feet or more. Im guessing my cheapo hei is a peice of junk . Im thinkin of ordering a msd streetfire . ive heard these are easier to set the advance curve in.
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