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Offline Pentastar Pete

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Vaccuum Advance
« on: October 27, 2006 - 08:49:41 PM »
I have a 73 340 with a stock dist. I also have a Demon 650. The guy who set this car up has the vaccuum advance on the dist. plugged up. Should this be connected????
What is the pro's and con's of not having this connected???
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Offline GoodysGotaCuda

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Re: Vaccuum Advance
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2006 - 11:57:14 PM »
Pros, easier to tune the timing. Cons i saw about 1 less mpg without it. But, since I often run open headers it cruises better, before it'd kinda pop and such which drove me crazy. Mine is plugged.
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Re: Vaccuum Advance
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2006 - 02:15:23 AM »
Pros, easier to tune the timing. Cons i saw about 1 less mpg without it. 
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Got my dist. plugged on my 360.  I run it with 20 degrees initial and 30 total; has a bunch of get up and go from idle.  It all really depends on how you drive the car and what it is used for (cruising, racing, daily, etc.)

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Offline Pentastar Pete

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Re: Vaccuum Advance
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2006 - 11:40:27 AM »
I mainly use the car for cruising around, but I always wind up getting on it.... :bigsmile:
I guess I'll leave it plugged....
Thanks for the feedback.. :cheers:
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Offline moper

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Re: Vaccuum Advance
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2006 - 07:31:50 AM »
Properly set, and as long as the camshaft gives vaccum levels within the adjustment range of the can, every engine will benefit from a vaccum advance. In most cases, guys cant get things set up well enough, and they are plugged. It's just easier. Under idle, and full throttle, the vaccum advance does nothing. So on any car that spends a lot of time at part and/or variable throttle conditions, the vaccum advance will help with power, mileage, plug life, and keeping carbon and soot off the chamber roof and pistons.

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Re: Vaccuum Advance
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2006 - 02:33:48 PM »
Up until now, mine has been plugged, but I'm playing with it now just to see what happens. My only advice if you go with the vacuum advance, is retard the initial timing a few degrees from where it was with the advance plugged.


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