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There is a guy on the internet selling NOS Chrysler slant six distributors that were designed for what he claims is “industrial, boat, airplane” units with no vacuum advance..
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2098218IBR-4202

does anyone know if this unit is a mechanical advance distributor?
If so, is the advance curve compatible with automotive use?
If not, can the advance curve be easily corrected for automotive applications.

I come from the high performance Volkswagen community and the first modification to help performance is to ditch the vacuum advance distributor for a Bosch 010 or 009 mechanical advance distributor.

any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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That MAY be a ball bearing distributor. Depending on the cost, and parts availability, it might just be a "score" See if you can get a dist. number. Those originally should have a tag, and I bet they are Autolite/ Prestolite
 
@slantsixdan has often comment on these and I believe I remember he said they were not a good choice for automotive applications. I tagged him, so maybe he'll chime in.
 
2nd vote for Prestolite. Looks like the top of a dual point. same machining. Show us a plane that has a slant in it....? Heard of everything else including dump trucks, but never a plane~!
 
2nd vote for Prestolite. Looks like the top of a dual point. same machining. Show us a plane that has a slant in it....? Heard of everything else including dump trucks, but never a plane~!

I feel sure a slant would put an airplane in the air.......although I've never seen one.
 
Yeah, Im calling BS on the aero application. Too heavy, not enough HP. When an air cooled aero motor motor is 200HP @ 330 lbs....were struggling to get 120HP out of 305 lbs before adding radiators. Its gonna have to have a reason to use it. and none found so far...Nope. Closest a slant will get to a plane is towing it.
 
I would walk away from it, vacuum advance is a great thing if you dial it in right, but if you don’t wanna use it just put a rubber cap on the canister. Who knows if they take the same condenser or points if you can still find them for that style/model. I know that slant sixes were used in boats,motorhomes,agriculture machines, and I know they were used in the airports in luggage cars, with those applications that’s probably why they had no advance canisters.
 
There is a guy on the internet selling NOS Chrysler slant six distributors that were designed for what he claims is “industrial, boat, airplane” units

Industrial, yes. These are a zero on a roadgoing vehicle unless and until it's the last Slant-6 distributor on the planet and you have no other choice.

Your money, time, and effort are much better spent this way.

with no vacuum advance

…is one reason why they're a poor choice for roadgoing use.

I come from the high performance Volkswagen community

These are not like those.
 
Industrial, yes. These are a zero on a roadgoing vehicle unless and until it's the last Slant-6 distributor on the planet and you have no other choice.

Your money, time, and effort are much better spent this way.



…is one reason why they're a poor choice for roadgoing use.



These are not like those.

Thanks Dan! That was quick! lol
 
Yeah, Im calling BS on the aero application. Too heavy, not enough HP. When an air cooled aero motor motor is 200HP @ 330 lbs....were struggling to get 120HP out of 305 lbs before adding radiators. Its gonna have to have a reason to use it. and none found so far...Nope. Closest a slant will get to a plane is towing it.

Oh I don't know. Gearboxes can do some incredible things.
 
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