Theo
I refer you to one of my favorite articles; " Timing is Everything
".
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2000/03/timing/index.shtml
This will guide you through the workings of the distributor and it will give
you a total advance vs compression ratio.
Excellent article, IMO.
Ron Fraser
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From: owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Theodore Brown
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:32 AM
To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Fuel mileage, distributors, etc.
Hello All:
I noticed a comment by Theo in the discussion of obtaining better mileage
with our cars about using vacuum advance on a distributor. I had, for a
long time, a Mallory dual-point distributor on my car. It had only a
mechanical advance on it. A couple of years ago, when I had the engine
rebuilt, I converted the old Mallory to a Petronix setup, still with just
the mechanical advance. I don't drive my car a whole lot, and don't pay
much attention to fuel mileage, but am now wondering if I should be using a
vacuum advance as well. I think I understand why vacuum advance is good
for economy, but I would appreciate it if someone would explain it once
again. If converting over to a mechanical/vacuum advance setup is
desireable, what would be the easiest (i.e. cheapest) way? The rest of my
ignition system is stock. Thanks again, as always, for any input. Tod
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