Brian,
Fixed works fine on my car - but its a 750cc side valve with 5.5:1 compression
ratio
and 15deg advance...
David
Susan and John Roper wrote:
> Brian, if you run much total lead, difficult to do. If you use an MSD
>ignition,
> you can use their electronic advance unit which may allow use of the locked
>dizzy
> and still be able to start the beast. John
>
> Brian Evans wrote:
>
> > Has anyone got actual experience running race engines with locked
>distributors?
> >
> > I know people say you can do it with no problems, but I wonder what happens
> > when you do this as far as idle, hot starts, and cold starts are concerned.
> > Any ideas? The engine I have is a 1865cc 120E ford based engine. It uses a
> > reverse rotation distributor, which is essentially impossible to find, and
> > so I thought I'd try the locked, no advance thing.
> >
> > Thanks, Brian
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