Holley Sniper Hyperspark Install Issues

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phantomsi

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I need some direction on my install. I’m installing a Holley Hyperspark 565-306 on my 440. I found TDC in cylinder 1 using a TDC whistle. The rotor lined up with the previous owners #1 mark on the cap and I confirmed by looking at the balancer In the front of the motor. I pulled the older mechanical unit and slid the new Sniper unit in. However with the position of the rotor as is, it will not allow me to fully rotate the distributor to phase it using the provided clear cap (pictures for clarification and visualization) due to interference with the passenger side cylinder head.

Is this not the number 1 cylinder? I’ve got the whistle hooked to the front most driver side cylinder.

Am I able to change this rotor position while installing the Hyperspark?


Thanks.

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silversedan said:
move the dist drive on the camshaft to where it needs to be.
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I’m assuming that’s the intermediate shaft. Just saw a thread on that ‍♂️ So just rotating it counter clock wise with a long screw driver to free it from the cam gear then a magnet to pull it should do the trick?
 
Just relocate the intermediate shaft and then re-align the cap.
 
phantomsi said:
forgive my ignorance how do you move the wires over one. It won’t fire cylinder one if I simply move them on the cap
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You move the dist body one way and the wires another. If you are running out of room to move the dist often this works. As Kent says you can move the gear. If the engine is not "sludged" or varnished up, just stick a screwdriver in the gear slot. I forget which way, just try it--one way will "walk" the gear up out of the helix and you can change the position.

You can mark the dist body with their silly gauge then sub the cap and orient that with respect to the mark, and make a mark relative to each adjacent tower.

Rotor phasing does not set the timing. All this is doing is determining where the rotor to tower position is located when the spark fires, and because it's electronic, and not mechanical advance, the two are not 'locked'
 
Wait a minute is this thing tied in for "dual sync" for EFI or what?
 
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