[DeTomaso] 351C timing

[Dave Londry]

Thanks for the responses guys.

With what you have to say about the static number and an old post of 
John T's that's about the same;
I'm going to keep these springs, take it up to 16 deg static
 and change the  advance limit to a blue bushing.  for 21 deg  of 
dynamic advance.
That should give

16 deg @ 0
19 deg @1000
35 deg @3000
and limiting at
37 deg @3300

Then I'll start backing some out if hot starting is an issue.

Sure wish I'd inherited the spring and bushing kit along with the 
distributor.
dave

Dave Londry wrote:
> OK you tuners, I need some advice please.
>
> I wanted to get to what sounds like the conventional Cleveland timing 
> recipe (8 deg static and 36 deg total @3000)
>  before I started to mess with it
> I inherited an MSD 8577 (billet, small dia.) with heavy silver + light 
> silver advance springs.
> Right now I have
> 10 deg @1000
> 20 deg @ 2400
> 28 deg @ 3000
> which looks like the  curve in the MSD manual for heavy silver + light 
> silver with 6 or 7 deg of static advance.
>
> It seems to me that I need to touch it up a bit to get to 8 deg static,
>  but I really have to sub a light blue spring for the heavy silver one 
> so the numbers will look like
>   8 deg @ 0
> 30 deg @ 2400
> 35 deg @ 3000
>
> Am I headed in the right direction here?
> If I try for a reasonable total advance with the present spring set
>   I'll have a static number that I don't think will hot-start.
>
> tks in advance (haha)
> dave
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