[DeTomaso] MSD Mechanical Advance & Tach Adaptor

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/2/07 21:19:43, davidabell at worldnet.att.net writes:

<< A MSD 8577 has roughly 20 degrees of mechanical advance available.  So if

you set your static at 14, then you'll end up with about 34 degrees max.

The advance will be full on somewhere around 3500 rpm if I remember

correctly.  MSD also sells a kit containing several different spring pairs

and various rubber bumpers (plus instructions and advance charts) that

permit a fair amount of advance adjustment. >>

>>>Actually, the tuning kits comes with the distributor.  I found that out of 
the box, it was set up to give the minimum amount of additional advance, so 
my car was very retarded, and it overheated as a result.  Recurving the 
distributor only took a few minutes, and it runs perfectly now. :>)

Mike