ignition timing queation
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ignition timing queation
There are a lot of threads on this but I'm not sure if my distributor is installed properly. '65 327/350. with 8deg advance, the rotor is pointing directly between #1 and #8. Shouldn't it be pointing directly at #1?
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with the number one cylinder on TDC the rotor should be at #1
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I always put the distributor in the best position for the tach drive cable. Straight in and not a sharp bend. Then work from there to line up NO.1 as close as possible at TDC. You can always move the wires around one position to line it up better.
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Photo below isn't a Corvette, but it shows the correct distributor housing/vacuum advance can orientation and the correct wire indexing in the cap.
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Pull the distributor, drive out the rollpin holding the drive gear on the mainshaft, turn the gear 180*, and re-install it. That will get the vacuum advance can off the coil and allow you to set the timing correctly with the tach cable properly oriented and the vacuum advance can centered between the coil and the #8 intake runner, in its opening in the upper ignition shield.
Photo below isn't a Corvette, but it shows the correct distributor housing/vacuum advance can orientation and the correct wire indexing in the cap.
Photo below isn't a Corvette, but it shows the correct distributor housing/vacuum advance can orientation and the correct wire indexing in the cap.