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    12/10/2023 3:10 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    https://reincarnation-automotive.com/Duraspark_distributor_recurve_instructions_index.html

    As I have said before....re-curving your distrib. is one of THE MOST noticeable improvements you can do on a SBF.

    This PRESENTATION  is the one I followed many years ago. I believe it covers EVERY step in detail on how-to-do-it.
    From bone stock to modified engines it WILL put a big(er) smile on your mug when you do it.....
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    Last edited by 6sally6 (12/12/2023 6:46 PM)

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    12/10/2023 3:36 PM  #2

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Amen to that!

     

    12/11/2023 8:25 AM  #3

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    This is one thing I never focused on when I was younger and I should have.  Now I’ll get to do it on my phone.   Lol

     

    12/11/2023 5:47 PM  #4

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Eye dont sea a video lank Sal.

    Did find this (video) un:

    https://youtu.be/7jFlXBCtNCM?si=gOAHtwmV2ww44eQN

    Last edited by Nos681 (12/13/2023 6:12 PM)

     

    12/11/2023 6:17 PM  #5

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Nos681 wrote:

    Eye dont sea a video lank Sal.

    Did find this un:

    https://youtu.be/7jFlXBCtNCM?si=gOAHtwmV2ww44eQN

     



    Even Ray Charles can see it.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    12/11/2023 6:21 PM  #6

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    So, if you don't have a stock distributor and you have an aftermarket MSD electronic distributor and MSD 6A ignition box, then what would you do to that distributor to improve, if possible, your performance? (obviously not experienced with messing with the internals of a distributor) Anything or "just keep your damned hands off it"?

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    12/12/2023 5:28 AM  #7

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    RPM, aka Bearing Bob wrote:

    Nos681 wrote:

    Eye dont sea a video lank Sal.

    Did find this un:

    https://youtu.be/7jFlXBCtNCM?si=gOAHtwmV2ww44eQN

     



    Even Ray Charles can see it.

     
    That is destruction instructions…Ray.😁

     

    12/12/2023 8:12 AM  #8

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    You can't fake faith.  It only works if you are a true believer.

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    12/12/2023 12:11 PM  #9

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Ron68 wrote:

    So, if you don't have a stock distributor and you have an aftermarket MSD electronic distributor and MSD 6A ignition box, then what would you do to that distributor to improve, if possible, your performance? (obviously not experienced with messing with the internals of a distributor) Anything or "just keep your damned hands off it"?

    MSD 'BOX" works fine with the mod......I'm think'in the MSD distrib has adjustable internals to control  total timing at different RPM's. (this mod is for us plain folks dealing with a simple factory FoMoCo distrib. and want to 'hot rod' it to make it more performance oriented (thx Lt Dan!).

    Like many others I had this "fear-of-the-unknown" when it came to ignition/distrib stuff. After seeing this
     PRESENTATION  it explained (so I could unnerstan) by doing this & that will make the ignition 'more' performance  oriented.
    Instead of a 'one-size-fits-all' compromise for Granmas and schoolteachers(thx RPM)
    Inside.....it really is pretty simple. Unlike the Shivel-laze with the springs & weights on TOP...the Duraspark has them in the BOTTOM (which is more of a pain-in-the-drain hole).

    Last edited by 6sally6 (12/12/2023 6:48 PM)

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    12/12/2023 4:54 PM  #10

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    I get no video Sal.

     

    12/12/2023 6:12 PM  #11

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Nos681 wrote:

    I get no video Sal.

     
    LT.......it's the blue     https reincarnation............. at the very top of my post.

    RPM circled it on his post

    I clicked on it just to be shore it wuz working.......

    Datz all I got !
    6sally6

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    12/12/2023 6:42 PM  #12

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Hey Sally, words mean things. Taint no vidya, jess pitchers.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    12/12/2023 6:49 PM  #13

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    RPM, aka Bearing Bob wrote:

    Hey Sally, words mean things. Taint no vidya, jess PRESENTATION pitchers.

     

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    12/12/2023 6:49 PM  #14

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    DONE
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    12/12/2023 7:34 PM  #15

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Thanks Sal.

     

    12/13/2023 1:53 AM  #16

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    6sally6 wrote:

    Nos681 wrote:

    I get no video Sal.

     
    LT.......it's the blue https reincarnation............. at the very top of my post.

    RPM circled it on his post

    I clicked on it just to be shore it wuz working.......

    Datz all I got !
    6sally6

    Sal, the blue link in your Post #1 at the top is to an "HTML" page that is a presentation.  It is not a video.  Whatever you are clicking is a different link.  I've never gotten a video from the reincarnation link.  Post the link to your reply again please.
     

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    12/13/2023 6:06 AM  #17

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    If you flip through the pitchers fast enough, it becomes a video. 😁

     

    12/13/2023 6:54 AM  #18

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Nos681 wrote:

    If you flip through the pitchers fast enough, it becomes a video. 😁

     
    Brahahaha!

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    12/13/2023 3:59 PM  #19

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    I clicked on the link and got a slide show with pictures showing the steps. I didn't understand some of  the text on the pictures, so I would be hesitant to pull my dizzy down without first getting some clarification on some things on the show first. Besides,  it is a Ford dizzy and I have an MSD. Something to look into at a later date.......

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    12/13/2023 6:11 PM  #20

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Ron…look at post #4.

    It’s a YouTube video with a great breakdown, modifications, and reassembly.

     

    12/13/2023 8:45 PM  #21

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Nos681 wrote:

    Ron…look at post #4.

    It’s a YouTube video with a great breakdown, modifications, and reassembly.

     Saw that, but didn't have an hour to watch it all at the time.
     

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    12/13/2023 9:11 PM  #22

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    Great info on that video Dan, thanks.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    12/14/2023 12:55 AM  #23

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    Yes I agree 100% did my new stock with a pertronics and runs great with my Sniper in my new motor. This 289 would be a hand full if I had a stick and some butt gears. But stills pulls hard with C4 and 2.80s

    Slammed Big Blue, ran over the varmints that messed with the Stang. Now all is good in the NW
     

    12/14/2023 5:35 AM  #24

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    Re: IF you have questions about re-curving your distributor.........

    RPM, aka Bearing Bob wrote:

    Great info on that video Dan, thanks.

    Like sourcing another retaining clip?

    I could be locked in a padded room and loose parts. 😁

    Last edited by Nos681 (12/14/2023 11:54 AM)

     

    12/14/2023 9:21 AM  #25

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    Hilarious dry humor when he said line up the clip, push it on, then lose it. Hahaha.  I've done that very thing more than once. I put a magnet near there to hopefully catch the flying clip.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

     

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