Distributor help please

82 GT · 11-16-2005, 07:14 PM

Get a vacuum gauge and set your initial timing until you get the highest vacuum reading.
PKRWUD , I was surprised I didn't see that response from you. That's another one of your tips you posted in the past.

MEDIK418 · 11-18-2005, 03:09 AM

Thanks for the information, both you guys. After Christmas, I'm going to replace the distributor with a "ready to run" billet unit with a vacuum advance but that's a ways off yet and this will help me get started. I just received the Delta fan controller in the mail today so now I can let it run long enough to warm everything up and get it set right. I'll let you know what happens. Besides, I've been looking for an excuse to get a good vacuum guage. Of course, tomorrow will be taken up by the wife's Saturn and a possible plugged fuel filter.
Mama ain't happy, nobody's happy.

PKRWUD · 11-18-2005, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by 82 GT

Get a vacuum gauge and set your initial timing until you get the highest vacuum reading.
PKRWUD , I was surprised I didn't see that response from you. That's another one of your tips you posted in the past.

Brian, you are right on the money. I don't know what I was thinking. Are brainfarts a sign of getting old? lol. Anyway, good call!

11-16-2005, 07:14 PM	#1
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Re: Distributor help please Get a vacuum gauge and set your initial timing until you get the highest vacuum reading. PKRWUD , I was surprised I didn't see that response from you. That's another one of your tips you posted in the past. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

11-18-2005, 03:09 AM	#2
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	Re: Distributor help please Thanks for the information, both you guys. After Christmas, I'm going to replace the distributor with a "ready to run" billet unit with a vacuum advance but that's a ways off yet and this will help me get started. I just received the Delta fan controller in the mail today so now I can let it run long enough to warm everything up and get it set right. I'll let you know what happens. Besides, I've been looking for an excuse to get a good vacuum guage. Of course, tomorrow will be taken up by the wife's Saturn and a possible plugged fuel filter. Mama ain't happy, nobody's happy. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.