Supra-in-steamboat
08-27-2010, 01:14 PM
Had the carb rebuilt last week. During the water test, my coil failed. Pulled one from old Ford to verify. Replaced coil. During the process, I discovered the begining of play in the distributor. Replaced it with Mallory Breakerless from DIM.
Boat runs smoother, more quiet, less RPM's with more top speed, but lacks the hole shot I had with the old junk. The distributor has auto-advancing guts. Normally I would just "time" this issue away. I can't get anywhere near the degrees of timing achievable prior to the new parts. I used to run 10 BTC. Engine was set to TDC and dropped distributor in over #1.
Timing issue, or time for some high end spark plugs to match the new spark?
Boat runs smoother, more quiet, less RPM's with more top speed, but lacks the hole shot I had with the old junk. The distributor has auto-advancing guts. Normally I would just "time" this issue away. I can't get anywhere near the degrees of timing achievable prior to the new parts. I used to run 10 BTC. Engine was set to TDC and dropped distributor in over #1.
Timing issue, or time for some high end spark plugs to match the new spark?