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haha, I was gonna DM you if I didn’t get any responses. I figured you’d jump right in! Sounds like they are usually booked up?
Looking for advice on a good shop that knows their way around a hemi. I’d like to have a 392 pulled apart and rebuilt. I’m located in Northern...
Swapped the wires on the coil, problem fixed! Runs great and tach works perfectly.
Right now the - coil is hooked to 12v ign power and + is down to the capacitor on the dizzy. Should I swap the wires on the coil? Everything else...
Tach wires? There are 4. Red to 12v power White lights power Green to - coil Black to ground I have good ground, 12v at red wire, 12v at green...
Ok so it’s my first go round with a flathead. I just bought the car and was told the 1946 59A motor was converted to 12v, negative ground. It has...
Zoomies sold
Pertronix flame thrower II It’s brand new with new coil. Crane adjustable vacuum advance for delco points style.
All disconnected and base tuned carb off vacuum. Idle smoothed out, vacuum steadied. Set initial at 9* and still 20* mechanical. Vacuum is at 10*...
Ran it at 8* initial 20* centrifugal and set vacuum at 10* Runs great at high speed and wot, idles like crap and is super rough until I get it up...
Installed an adjustable vacuum advance. I also added a limiter. I’ll fire it up tomorrow. Since my centrifugal is 20*, maybe I’ll shoot for 8*...
Measured vacuum on manifold at 13 I don’t hear ping at idle and took it out for a drive. No pinging under load either. On my other car I put an...
Measured vacuum on manifold at 13. Set base at 8 and limited my centrifugal at 21. Hooked distributor to manifold vacuum port and measured it...
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