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Distributor Advance Springs

Started by drew43a, January 14, 2020, 03:45:45 AM

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drew43a

can anyone tell me if the vacuum advance springs in the distributor are all the same or different for like a 318, 340 or 440 engine?

73_Cuda_4_Me

 Just to clarify, are you talking about the spring in the vacuum can mounted to the distributor, or the two 'mechanical advance' springs in the distributor?
73 340 `Cuda 727 Auto on Column

BS23H3B

drew43a

the 2 in the distributor connected to the weights.


Chryco Psycho

not exactly clear what you are asking , the factory mechanical springs are different , if they have been changed they could be the sme or different by changing only one spring or both with 2 of the same spring or 2 different springs depending what result was desired

RUNCHARGER

The springs were factory tailored to different engines. So the ones in a 318 with 8-1 compression and a mild cam were different than what the factory installed into a 10-1 compression 440 with a longer duration camshaft.
The factory service manuals generally had the specifications for the amount of distributor advance although not the RPM that it was all in at.
Sheldon