Dist. Advance Re-curve

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Several months ago a friend of mine (Jeremy) and I were talking about his 67 FE engine in his Kirkham 427. One of the prettiest cars I have ever seen with just about every option. Jeremy is a fabricator for Kirkhams, so he built many of the parts for his car and I must say the man is an artist . Anyway, the conversation was about his mildly modified engine and how I though it could take advantage of modifying the advance curve in his stock distributor. This was something we did regularly back in the late 60s and 70s. It’s pretty straight forward, but if you haven’t done it before can be a little confusing.

Since over the last couple of years I had read a few threads about guys doing it and asking questions I decided when we did Jeremy’s I would take a lot of pictures and do a basic how to tread. I had a few members call me and ask questions so I though it would be of value to cover the basic steps here to aid others.

Last night Jeremy came over to my shop and we re-curved his distributor. Jeremy did most of the work and I talked him through the process and I took pictures. So, if you guys don’t mind I will do several post with pictures on the basics of how to do it. Then since this is an open forum we may get into some discussions about theories of advance of various cammed engines and the merits of vacuum advance or not. We will see where it goes.

Wayne