what distributor?

Played with the Advance today and had no luck.   My YLM looks nothing like the diagram in the link above. There are no "arms" to control advance stop. There are 2 allen type screws that look like they would control the total advance by adjusting the bottom plate but it is already adjusted to the max.

Think I'll take a picure of the mechanism and see what you guys suggest. I can't find anything on the Mallory site about setting total advance except the pdf above and that must be for an older model dis.

So for now I'm stuck with about 18 degrees of advance. I've got my initial set real high just so I can get more total but I know it's not right. I'll listen for ping tommorrow and see how it runs.

went to Key West for the week end, and had a pretty good time there.

Allan if you have a dial caliber then you could use that by locking it down at a set distance, and using the side you would for an inside diameter should work just as good as the stick gauge in the curve kit.

A little light reading, Thanks Tom for always pointing me in the right direction.
advance curves Looks like you might have to buy the curve kit to get the advance stop gauge.

You don't really need springs yet, you need to open the stops to increase the final.

i contacted pertronix, they did not offer my application.
reverse 351w,
alan,
i bet 79 can offer advice on your mallory, sucks to spend that money for a downgrade in performance, did you replace the coil as well?

Looks like I'm going to have to order a curve kit for the Mallory. Still only getting 28 total advance with my base at 12 before.   Slowed my boat down and I lost 300 rpm on the top. Might rethink this and ask santa for a DUI after all.

since my boat is strictly in saltwater, and my history is with salt water boats, fresh water cooling is the term used locally. but, yes, i am putting antifreeze, heat exchanger, etc in my baby. saltwater will still be in the manifolds though. i have been looking at those hi tek stainless manis, but, they probably cost more than my boat. they look fabulous and i bet flow much better than the cast iron osco pigs.
anyone know the cost of the hiteks?

MM, I prefer the Zephyrhills brand myself, you know, keep it local. That's funny.

79, about the casting of the HEI. It is not a GM casting. I believe the castings for these Ford HEI distributors are coming out of Austrailia. They are really good castings too. I think that ProComp is making them...I bet DUI is buying blank castings from them and building theirs.

closed cooling has anti-freeze in it so how fresh is the water really?

that motor looks slow!!

thanks, that looks like the way i will go with mine, the fresh water cooling might get in the way. hopefully it will be running this weekend

if I had the boar still no problem. Search and you will find a picture of my motor on hear. I'll check and see if I still have a shot down here on monique's computer to post.

No I wouldn't suggest you do it, might not work after your done with it anyway, but Me personelly I could, but I do have an advantage since I worked for them and know how to run a lathe or machining center as well.

My point is there are already base housing out there that can easily be machined a little or are an exact fit all ready that would work. Perf Dist isn't doing anything fancy other than marketing, and are using off the self items to build the dist. they sold you.

81nautique wrote: Ok, so what about Kelpos coil question. Sorta hard to find a place to mount anything but a round coil under the hood. Anyone using the Promaster series or anything other than the standard round style? Where are you mounting it?

you don't remember where I had mine mounted at? used that very same coil, made a bracket out of 404 stainless steel, used two of the intake bolts to mount the bracket it was pretty easy to do.

And Tim why are you buying cheap ass sh*t from Autozone, get a Delco module and you won't see any difference, also take a look around the base of your dist, the machined OD section that the cap sits on and I bet you find a stamped 7-8 digit part number on. Do you really think they had a special casting made to work on the ford block.