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Knock-Knock & Drip-Drip

To a Certain Degree

hen it comes to the advance of a Bosch 009 distributor, how far can you safely go with the number of degrees? I have a 1776 engine with 9.3-to-1 compression. I used an Engle W-110 cam, 041 heads with high-rev single springs, Chromoly retainers, Kadron carbs reworked by Kaddie Shack... I measured the jets but they sent them blank. They also sent 32 venturis. I am tempted to try an 034 to fix the surge below half throttle. The header cooled 30 degrees with 3 degrees of timing. The motor

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