Thanks Frank;

Looks like the way I have the distributor set-up now I'm all in at 3,000 RPM. If I keep the light silver and light blue spring and change to the blue bushing, I'll be all in at 2,500 RPM.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

you're welcome Ron, if I said anything wrong Hoosier would have jumped on me, so I must be close!!

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

You have to be careful using the lightest spring combos with the 8383. We had a problem when I used light springs and the engine would never come back to idle at the same speed. The advance curve was starting too soon so at 800 RPM it had more advance than at 650 RPM. The distributor was Increasing the advance which increased the idle speed. It was very aggravating until I finally put a timing light on the engine and realized why the idle varied so much. Stiffer springs got rid of the problem

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Thanks John. There are so many variables in getting this right. It may be on the dyno for a long time.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Hey Rono- I was thinking of putting an 8383 on my almost stock 368 Lincoln engine. Is this too much distributor for a stock application?

It's not "too much."  However, it is not a drop in replacement since it is for a Ford not a Lincoln.  You will have to swap the distributor gear from the Lincoln distributor to the 8383.


Lawrenceville, GA