TylerW
Well-Known Member
Hey guys:
I got a late model electronic SL6 distributor in with a parts lot that a friend generously donated.
The story goes that it's been "curved" by someone who does Mopar distributors, but of whom I can't find any reference around here. It's a parts-store reman with a new 8.5R vacuum can, an unknown t-bar(the advance is stamped on the bottom I guess) and this spring combo. The slots have not been welded up, and they are long.
What do you make of this? I don't know a lot about how to change the advance curves in these(yet), but that heavy spring looks just like a smog spring with the long opening in it. The light spring looks lighter than the two in my early 60's SL6 distributors. I guess I'm trying to determine if there is anything special here that I can use.
The notations on the enclosed paper read as such:
"Mechanical advance:
2 degrees @ 700rpm
6 degrees @ 1100rpm
17 degrees @ 2000rpm
Vacuum advance:
0 degrees @ 7hg
2 degrees @ 11hg
17 degrees @ 19hg"
"TOTAL 34 degrees @ 2000 rpm"
I KNOW someone will remind me that the best thing is to put it on a distributor machine, but I don't have one of those. I am just a little suspicious of this person, who I will not name, because this unit also arrived well-packed, but with a damaged drive gear, just like somebody laid it directly on the bench while pounding in the roll pin.
Opinions appreciated, thanks
I got a late model electronic SL6 distributor in with a parts lot that a friend generously donated.
The story goes that it's been "curved" by someone who does Mopar distributors, but of whom I can't find any reference around here. It's a parts-store reman with a new 8.5R vacuum can, an unknown t-bar(the advance is stamped on the bottom I guess) and this spring combo. The slots have not been welded up, and they are long.
What do you make of this? I don't know a lot about how to change the advance curves in these(yet), but that heavy spring looks just like a smog spring with the long opening in it. The light spring looks lighter than the two in my early 60's SL6 distributors. I guess I'm trying to determine if there is anything special here that I can use.
The notations on the enclosed paper read as such:
"Mechanical advance:
2 degrees @ 700rpm
6 degrees @ 1100rpm
17 degrees @ 2000rpm
Vacuum advance:
0 degrees @ 7hg
2 degrees @ 11hg
17 degrees @ 19hg"
"TOTAL 34 degrees @ 2000 rpm"
I KNOW someone will remind me that the best thing is to put it on a distributor machine, but I don't have one of those. I am just a little suspicious of this person, who I will not name, because this unit also arrived well-packed, but with a damaged drive gear, just like somebody laid it directly on the bench while pounding in the roll pin.
Opinions appreciated, thanks